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Tecoma stans

Authority (L.) Juss. ex H.B.K. Family Magnoliopsida:Asteridae:Scrophulariales:Bignoniaceae Synonyms Bignonia stans L., Stenolobium incisum Rose & Standl., Stenolobium stans (L.) Seem., Tabebuia stans Juss., Tecoma tronadora (Loes.) Johnst. Common names amarelinho, chevalier, chevalye, flé senpié, fleur de St. Pierre, geelklokkies, ginger thomas, herbe de St. Nicholas, ipezinho, roble amarillo, saúco amarillo, tacoma, tecoma, tecoma amarela, tronadora, yellow bells, yellow bignonia, yellow cedar, yellow elder, yellow trumpet flower, yellow trumpet tree, zeb sennikola Editor Ecocrop code 2052

Notes
DESCRIPTION: It is a shrub or small tree, 5-7.6 m in height. Bark is pale brown to grey and roughens with age. Leaves are compound and imparipinnate with 2 to 5 pairs of leaflets and a larger single terminal leaflet. Flowers occur in clusters at the ends of the branches and are trumpet shaped with 5 rounded lobes, 6 cm long, pale to bright yellow, with faint orange stripes at the throat. USE: It provides firewood and charcoal. Leaf infusion can be taken orally for diabetes and stomach pains, a strong leaf and root decoction is taken orally as a diuretic, to treat syphilis or for intestinal worms. It provides shade, especially in gardens and is also used as a hedge plant and as an ornamental. GROWING PERIOD: Perennial. COMMON NAMES: yellow bells. FURTHER INF: The drought-resistant tree is intolerant to frost and is a light demander, it prefers clay loams, but tolerates most types of soils and is particularly tolerant of alkaline conditions.
Sources
SOURCE: ICRAF Agroforestree Database