Please ID this 'brainbubble' tree - Yucatan

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  1. mexicogirl

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    I saw this tree in the Yucatan. It has a velvety flower AND these brain-shaped, empty, bubbles. I include a photo of the leaves and one bubble but they grow in clusters as well. No one seemed to know what it was - neither in Spanish or Mayan. Does someone know what it is?

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    Lila Pereszke Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Hm... Calotropis procera?
     
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    That's it! Thank you :)
     
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