Tabebuia aurea Benth. & Hook.F. ex S.Moore

Caribbean trumpet tree (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Tabebuia

Characteristics

A tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 19.0 - 21.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.2
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A wide diversity ranging from rainforests in the north of its range to seasonally very dry savannah country in the south.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal wood
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Cancer (unspecified), Antineoplastic agents (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Tabebuia aurea flower picture by kurtzio (cc-by-sa)
Tabebuia aurea flower picture by Xiomarys Ortiz (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Tabebuia aurea world distribution map, present in Brazil and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:110852-1
WFO ID wfo-0000780159
COL ID 99V9K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 631043
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Couralia caraiba Bignonia aurea Bignonia squamellulosa Gelseminum caraiba Handroanthus leucophloeus Tabebuia caraiba Tabebuia argentea Tabebuia aurea Tecoma argentea Tecoma aurea Tecoma caraiba Tabebuia suberosa Handroanthus caraiba Tecoma squamellulosa Tecoma trichocalycina Tecoma leucophlaeos Tecoma leucophloeos Tecoma caraiba var. squamellulosa Tecoma caraiba var. grandiflora Tabebuia caraiba var. squamellulosa