Tabebuia heterophylla Britton

Pink manjack (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Tabebuia

Characteristics

A tree. It loses many leaves during the year. It grows 15 m tall. The leaves are compound with unequal leaflets arranged like fingers on a hand. The flowers are trumpet shaped and 8 cm long. They are in clusters at the ends of the branches. The fruit are pods 30 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5
Mature height (meter) 11.5 - 16.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.8
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dry, rocky, woodland habitats, tolerating calcareous, coral-based soils and high, slightly brackish water tables, thus often found on small tropical islands.
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It is a tropical plant. It is best in full sun. It needs well drained soil. It suits hardiness zones 10-11. It is damaged by frost.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 4-8
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

The leaves are used for tea.
Uses environmental use material medicinal tea wood
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Low back pain (leaf), Alexiteric (unspecified), Analgesic (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hypnotic (unspecified), Manchineel (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Chlorosis (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds. It can also be grown from softwood cuttings and well as air-layering and grafting.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Tabebuia heterophylla habit picture by richard gautier (cc-by-sa)
Tabebuia heterophylla habit picture by MaiteO (cc-by-sa)
Tabebuia heterophylla habit picture by MaiteO (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Tabebuia heterophylla leaf picture by Cha Pristi (cc-by-sa)
Tabebuia heterophylla leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Tabebuia heterophylla leaf picture by MaiteO (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Tabebuia heterophylla flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Tabebuia heterophylla flower picture by Michele Nedrick (cc-by-sa)
Tabebuia heterophylla flower picture by richard gautier (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Tabebuia heterophylla fruit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Tabebuia heterophylla fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Tabebuia heterophylla fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Tabebuia heterophylla world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), Guadeloupe, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Myanmar, Montserrat, Martinique, Mauritius, Panama, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and South Africa

Conservation status

Tabebuia heterophylla threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:248689-2
WFO ID wfo-0000780074
COL ID 549J5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447001
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Tecoma pentaphylla Tabebuia lindahlii Tecoma eggersii Bignonia pentaphylla Handroanthus pentaphyllus Tabebuia leptopoda Tabebuia geronensis Tabebuia lucida Tabebuia beyeri Tabebuia brigandina Tabebuia camagueyensis Tabebuia capotei Tabebuia arenicola Tabebuia dictyophylla Tabebuia riparia Tabebuia triphylla Leucoxylon acuminata Leucoxylon riparia Tecoma triphylla Tabebuia pentaphylla Bignonia leucoxylon Tecoma pentaphylla Raputia heterophylla Tabebuia heterophylla subsp. genuina Tabebuia pallida subsp. heterophylla Tabebuia pallida subsp. pentaphylla Tabebuia gonavensis Tabebuia curtissii Tabebuia heterophylla