Scientific Name :
Tabebuia aurea (Silva Manso) Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Moore
Synonym :
Tabebuia suberosa Rusby
Tabebuia caraiba (Mart.) Bureau
Common Name : Silver trumpet tree, Yellow Tabebuia
Plant Family : Bignoniaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : March to April
Flower Colour : Yellow
Description : Height: 10 to 15 m
Stem: Bark yellowish, bark fissured
Leaves: Oblong, laceolate, digitate, petiolate leaflets usually 5
Flowers: Sepals lobed yellowish, petals 5 lobed , infundibuliform wavy irregular crisped thin, yellow, on leafless branches
Inflorescence: Cymose
Fruits: Capsule
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : HN, CH, VT
Distribution Range : Peru to Brazil and N. Argentina.
Uses : It is used for the treatment of snakebites.
