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Tabebuia serratifolia =Handroanthus serratifolius

Image of yellow trumpet flower

(Yellow Trumpet Tree)

FAMILY	Bignoniaceae
Species	Tabebuia serratifolia / Handroanthus serratifolius
Common name	Yellow Trumpet Tree
Flower colour; life form	Flowers yellow; trees
Campus	Townsville

Description

This tree has relatively smooth bark, leaves compound with (3-)5 leaflets palmately arranged, the lower pairs smaller than the other 3, blade of central leaflet about from 15-24 cm long x 7-8 cm wide; margins serrated particularly towards the apex, some stellate hairs and scales as well as simple hairs present on veins on lower surface. Flowers yellow, stellate hairs present on the calyx, some hairs on inside of corolla-tube. Capsule to 45 cm long. This species is the national tree of Brazil.

Four images of yellow trumpet tree

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