Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC.
Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC.
Family: Bignoniaceae
Trumpet tree
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Tree
Distribution:
Native of Central America .
Use: Ornamental
Description:
Deciduous trees, 12-20 m tall; bark grayish-brown, rough. Leaves opposite, digitately pinnate; leaflets usually 5, often unequal, elliptic or oblong lanceolate, acuminate at apex, obtuse to rounded at base. Flowers in cymose panicles. Calyx cupular, bilabiate, densely lepidote, 1-2 cm. Corolla pink, 6-10 cm long and 5-7 cm across, lobes 5, subequal, margins wavy. Stamens included within the corolla tube. Capsules slender up to 30 cm long; seeds numerous with membraneous wings.