168
Tecoma
stans (L.) HBK.
Synonym : Stenolobium stans (L.) D.Don
Family
: Bignoniaceae
Local Names
: Trumpet flower, Yellow
Bells
Flowering
and fruiting period:
Throughout the year
Distribution: Native of South
America; now widely cultivated
Habitat: Grown as garden
plant
IUCN
status:
Data Deficient
Endemic: No
Uses: Ornamental. Roots
are reported to be diuretic, tonic, anti-syphilitic and vermifuge. Decoction of
flowers and bark are used for stomach pains.
Key
Characters:
Large shrub to small trees, glabrous. Leaves opposite, pinnate, leaflets
elliptic to elliptic-ovate. Flowers in short terminal panicles, bright yellow,
fragrant. Calyx tubular-campanulate; lobes triangular, acuminate. Corolla;
lobes subequal. Stamens included; anther cells 2, linear; staminodes filiform.
Disc shallow cupular, 5-lobed, fleshy. Ovary, elongated, minutely papillose;
stigma 2-lobed, lobes oval. Fruit is a Capsule.
