Chiranthodendron pentadactylon Larreat.

국표에 없다.

Just take a look at the flower and try and work out what is going on. The velvety outer surface of the flower is typical of its family Sterculiaceae, or a broadly circumscribed Malvaceae if that’s your preference. The structure of the flower, though, isn’t like any Brachychiton or Lasiopetalum, typical members of this family (which also includes chocolate, Theobroma).

The common names for Chiranthodendron pentadactylon are evocative – Monkey’s Hand Tree, Devil’s Hand Tree or simply Mexican Hand Tree (according to Wikipedia it is known locally as árbol de las manitas, the tree of little hands, or mācpalxōchitl, the palm flower) – but its botanical name is equally beguiling: Chiranthodendron means ‘hand-flowering tree’ and pentadactylon means ‘five-fingered’.

So clearly something looks like a hand! That something is actually the male part of the flower, a group of five stamens fused together at the base. In this picture each stamen is bearing a line of yellow pollen.

Chiranthodendron pentadactylon | (gardendrum.com)

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