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Plant ID please

Steady EddieSteady Eddie Posts: 79
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Can anyone tell me what this lovely tree is please.
My daughter lives in Grand Cayman in the Caribbean and sent me a picture of this tree.
It is growing in a garden environment but nowhere on Cayman is far from the coast!

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hello Steady Eddie. This is just a guess but could it be Barringtonia asiatica?
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  • Steady EddieSteady Eddie Posts: 79
    The flowers are very similar but from what I read Barringtonia Asiatica is evergreen and this tree doesn’t appear to be. This is very frustrating trying to ID a tree!
  • Steady EddieSteady Eddie Posts: 79
    Thoth ani you for trying though 😀
  • Steady EddieSteady Eddie Posts: 79
    That was supposed to read Thank you ...........
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Could it be some type of Calliandra?  They grow in that general area and can become deciduous if growing in areas subject to a dry seaon.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Steady EddieSteady Eddie Posts: 79
    I will take a look at that. Thank you 
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    There is a tree on Barbados called the shaving brush tree, l think it is Bombax species. Your photo reminded me of it, l had a postcard  with a similar photo years ago from a friend.
  • Steady EddieSteady Eddie Posts: 79
    That’s it! Looks exactly like the pictures my daughter has send to me.
    Thank you
  • Steady EddieSteady Eddie Posts: 79
    It is. It’s such a shame I won’t be visiting until July this year so will miss it completely.
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