Tabebuia aurea
COMMON NAME | Silver trumpet tree
or Golden trumpet tree |
TYPE | Tree |
FAMILY | Bignoniaceae |
NOTES | The Tree of Gold
(Tabebuia aurea) is a most striking tree when in flowering. It is a small,
dry season-deciduous tree upto 30ft with thick, narrow, lanceolate leaves.
The plant bears dense, terminal clusters of bright yellow, funnel-shaped
flowers in a leafless condition. The bloom cycle is relatively short, but the
tree in full flowering looks most beautiful. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | South America in Suriname, Brazil,
eastern Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, and northern Argentina |
NATIVE HABITAT | 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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