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Tabebuia serratifolia

Authority	(Vahl) Nichols.
Family	Magnoliopsida:Asteridae:Scrophulariales:Bignoniaceae
Synonyms	Bignonia serratifolia Vahl, Tecoma serratifolia (Vahl) G. Don
Common names	arewood, bastard lignum-vitae, bethababa, bethabara, greenheart, groenhart, ipe do cerrado, ipeuva, May-flower, noibwood, pau d‚arco amarelo, peuva amarela, piuva do charco, tabebuia amarela, washiba wood, yellow poui, yellow tecoma tree
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Ecocrop code	235883

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DESCRIPTION: it is a deciduous tree, up to 37 m high and 3 m in trunk diameter, that will square 30 cm of heartwood. Trunk usually straight and frequently buttressed. Flowers profuse, clear yellow, borne at intervals during the dry season. USE: Heartwood of freshly cut wood is yellowish-green and the sapwood, which is 1.2-8.8 cm wide, is cream coloured. The dry heartwood is light to dark olive-brown, often with lighter or darker streaks. The dry sapwood is white or greyish-white. The grain is straight to very irregular. Tabebuia serratifolia dries rapidly during air seasoning in spite of its high density, and the wood is rated easy to season. Timber very hard, heavy, strong and very durable; used for sleepers, house posts, bridge building. The wood is reputed to be highly resistant to decay. GROWING PERIOD: Perennial. COMMON NAMES: Arewood. FURTHER INF: It can be found in tropical South America from Bolivia and Brazil to Colombia and Trinidad, particularly the Guyana and Trinidad, where it is widely distributed in the north of the island in climax evergreen forest. It forms pure stands in some areas and grows on the sides and tops of ridges to swampy ground.
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SOURCE: ICRAF Agroforestree Database (10.07.02) E235883