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Bignoniaceae (bignonia, or jacaranda family) » Tabebuia rosea

 

ta-bee-BEW-ee-uh -- from Brazilian name tacyba bebuya for a species in the genus

RO-zee-uh -- meaning, rosy

 

commonly known as: pink tecoma, pink trumpet tree, rosy trumpet tree • Hindi: बसंत रानी basant rani

 

Origin: tropical America

 

 

... inflorescence, a panicle, usually many-flowered ... when in flower, individual trees can easily be identified from a distance, brightly dotted with their canopies of pink.

 

... though in regions with no sharp division between wet and dry seasons these trees do not shed its foliage entirely ... clusters of pale to deep pink flowers are found with backdrop of the asymmetrically patterned, palmately compound leaves composed of smooth, elliptical leaflets of varying sizes.

 

 

References: Flowers of IndiaPIER species infoM.M.P.N.D.Country Day School - Costa Rica

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