Yellow Tabebuia
Handroanthus chrysanthus · Bignoniaceae · 황금트럼펫나무
How to spot it
A deciduous tree identified by opposite palmately compound leaves with 5 to 7 leaflets and yellow bell-shaped flowers (5 to 7 cm long) in clusters on panicles.
Look
- Leaves
- Opposite palmately compound leaves with 5 to 7 leaflets, smooth or toothed margins.
- Flowers
- Showy yellow bell-shaped flowers 5 to 7 cm long open in panicles. Flowering is seasonal, and insects and birds pollinate it.
- Fruit
- The fruit is a capsule, and the seeds are spread mainly by wind and partly by animals.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Native range runs from Mexico to Peru and Trinidad and Tobago.
- Ecology
- Mainly grows in wet tropical biomes.
Sources
- 국립수목원 국가표준식물목록(KPNI 웹 조회)
- ColPlantA (Kew) — Handroanthus chrysanthus
- STRI Panama Biota — Handroanthus chrysanthus
- The Shade Catalog (Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center 등) — Handroanthus chrysanthus
- University of Florida IFAS Extension(ENH-772/ST614)
- Catálogo Virtual de Flora del Valle de Aburrá (Universidad EIA): Handroanthus chrysanthus
- EcuRed(쿠바 국가 백과사전), 'Araguaney'
- EcuRed(쿠바 국가 백과사전), 'Tabebuia chrysantha (Amapa prieta)'