English: Baja elephant tree; Torote blanco; Copalquín.
Name: pachy mens "thick" and kormos "stump.
Spanish: Torote blanco; Copalquín.
Name: pachy stands for thick or elephant and kormos for stump or foot.
Genus: 1 species.
Region: Baja California.
Habitat: marginally frost tolerant; prefers full sun.
Use: anticorrosive; ornamental.
BotanyTrees; 6 m tall, 6 m wide; lives long, to 2000 years.
Stem: thick caudiciform; bark white, exfoliating, reveals blue-green, photosynthetic inner bark.
Leaves: dark green, pinnately compound, pubescent, drought deciduous.
Flowers: cream with pink centers; bloom form May to September, depending on moisture levels.