acmdu1881@americancollege.edu.in 0452-2530070
acmdu1881@americancollege.edu.in 0452-2530070
Campus Trees

Tabebuia argentea

Family:  Bignoniaceae

Common name: Caribbean Trumpet Tree, Silver Trumpet Tree

Flowering period: late January to April.

Description

  • Beautiful blooming trees, the Tabebuias are small, 15 to 25-foot tall, evergreen trees with silvery foliage and deeply furrowed, silvery bark on picturesque, contorted branches and trunk.
  • The crown is usually asymmetrical with two or three major trunks or branches dominating the crown.
  • The leaves are narrow and elongated, an identifying feature of the tree. Sporadically throughout the year, they put on a brilliant display composed of a multitude of two to three-inch-long, golden yellow, trumpet-shaped blooms borne in terminal flower clusters.
  • The leaves often drop just before the flowers appear. Even without the flowers this Tabebuia is a magnificent tree with its crooked trunk, corky bark, and silvery leaves.

Uses

  • Used as an ornamental tree.