Tabebuia aurea (Manso) Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Moore
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Silver trumpet tree |
| Family Name : | Bignoniaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Tabebuia aurea |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | February - April |
| Fruiting Period : | None |
| Origin : | Tropical America |
Uses
The wood is used for tool handles, objects that need to be curved, flexible rulers, furniture, frames, construction etc.
Description
Semi-deciduous tree, up to 16 m tall. Young branches often thick and corky, subterete to subtetragonous, lepidote. Palmate leaves with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets oblong-elliptic to narrowly oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, light olive green when dry, lepidote or glabrous. Inflorescence a terminal panicle, showy, the branches densely lepidote, base rounded to subcordate, rounded apex or retuse, margin entire. Inflorescence a panicle. Flowers bisexual, tubular, yellow. Fruit a capsule, oblong, greyish, densely lepidote, tapering towards both ends. Seeds with two hyaline-membranous wings on the edges, irregularly brownish at the base, rather continuous with the seed body.
