Tabebuia aurea

• Botanical Name : Tabebuia aurea (Silva Manso) Benth. & Hook. f. ex S. Moore
• Synonyms : Tabebuia argentea (Bureau &K.Schum.) Britton, Bignonia aurea Silva Manso
• Common Name : Caribbean Trumpet Tree, Silver Trumpet Tree, Yellow Tabebuia
• Plant Family : Bignoniaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 9
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Van Chetana Kendra

About Tabebuia aurea Plant :

• Habit :
  • A medium-sizedtree with light-yellowish-brown to yellowish-grey longitudinally fissured bark.
  • Main trunk and branches are crooked with generally down-ward bending.
• Leaves : Opposite, digitate, leaflets generally 5, elliptic-oblong, glabrous with acute base and acuminate tip, petiolate.
• Inflorescence : Terminal clusters on leafless branches.
• Flowers :
  • Calyx copular.
  • Corolla infundibuliform, yellow, large up to 4-5 cm long and 2.5 cm broad on top, petal lobes 5, globose, little wavy, irregular.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : March - April
• Significance : Ornamental in gardens and at places on road sides.