Trunk of bottle tree of Paraguay

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The Ceiba speciosa, formerly Chorisia speciosa, has a flask-shaped trunk and hence is called the Bottle Tree. Paraguayans and Bolivians call it "palo borracho", or drunken tree, since the trunk stores water in dry weather. It is an evergreen and very drought tolerant tree of the deserted Chaco regions of Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.

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Size: 3360px × 5159px
Location: Filadelfia, Chaco, Paraguay, South America
Photo credit: © Joam Boam / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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