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Tabebuia rosea
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Family:
BIGNONIACEAE
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Citation: Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC., Prodr. 9: 215. 1824; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 526. 2009.
Tecoma rosea Bertol., Fl. Guatimal. 25. 1840.
Tabebuia pentaphylla Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Amer. 2: 495. 1882.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Trumpet tree
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Description:
Deciduous trees, up to 20 m tall; bark grayish-brown, rough. Leaves opposite, digitately pinnate; leaflets usually 5, often unequal, 5-30 x 2-12 cm, elliptic or oblong lanceolate, acuminate at apex, obtuse to rounded at base; lateral nerves 6-9 pairs, slender; petiolules 1.4-3.5 cm long. Flowers in cymose panicles. Calyx cupular, bilabiate, densely lepidote, 1-2 cm. Corolla pink, glabrous outside, 6-10 cm long and 5-7 cm across, lobes 5, subequal, margins wavy. Stamens included with in the corolla tube.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-June
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of Central America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Rose
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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