Mexican Pony Tail Palm

Beaucarnea gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. It is native to Puebla, and northern parts of Oaxaca, in Mexico, where it is endemic to the Tehuacán Valley matorral. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

It is an arborescent species, and plants can form large trees over time. It has a stem that is basally enormously swollen and circular in cross-section, with modest branching, growing up to 12m tall.