Pseudobombax millei

Pseudobombax millei, the beldaco, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

It is a dry-deciduous, tall tree with a spreading of open crown and long-stemmed, broadly oval, hand-shaped, deep green leaves that form a rosette at the branch ends.

The upright, white flowers with 5 recurved petals and countless, highly protruding stamens appear at the end of the shoots, followed by cylindrical seed capsules.

Flowers are creamy in color and smell pleasant.