Malvaceae

Mexican-hat-plant

Chiranthodendron pentadactylon Larreat.

Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Chiranthodendron

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Mexican-hat-plant (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon) — FlowerPhoto: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

Armenian: Խիրանթոդենդրոն
Bulgarian: Хирантодендрон
Catalan: Chiranthodendron
English: Mexican-hat-plant, Devil's-hand-tree, Mexican hand tree, Mexican-hand-plant, Monkey's hand tree
French: Arbre porteur de mains, Arbre à la main, Chéirostème, Mecapalxochitl
Lithuanian: Meksikinis odmedis, Odmedis
nah: Mecapalxochicuahuitl
Occitan: Chiranthodendron
Portuguese: Chiranthodendron
Russian: Хирантодендрон, Хирантодендрон пятипалый
Spanish: Árbol de la manita, Árbol de las manitas, Arbol de la manita, Arbol de las manitas, Flor de la manita, Mano de leon, Mano de mico, Palo de yaco

Synonyms

Cheirostemon apetalus Cerv.
Cheirostemon platanoides Bonpl.
Chiranthodendron platanoides (Bonpl.) Baill.

Flowers

In flower: November to April (from 212 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.