Bignoniaceae
Candle tree
Parmentiera cereifera
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Parmentiera
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- برمنتية شمعية
- Bangla
- মোমবাতি গাছ
- Chinese
- 蜡烛树
- English
- Candle tree
- Japanese
- ロウソクノキ
- lah
- موم بتی رکھ
- Malayalam
- മെഴുകുതിരി മരം
- Persian
- درخت شمع
- Spanish
- Palo De Velas, Velario
- Tamil
- மெழுகுவர்த்தி மரம்
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kai Squires, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cyndy Sims Parr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jayeshp912, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiverDave, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.