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Basant Rani (Hindi: बसंत रानी)

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

 

 

... flowers, ranging in colour from pink to white, dominated by a showy, trumpet-shaped corolla that is formed from the five fused petals ... throat yellow fading to white ... up to 8 cm long.

 

 

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

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