Bignoniaceae
Caribbean trumpet tree
Tabebuia aurea
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Tabebuia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- تابوبيا ذهبية
- arz
- تابوبيا ذهبيه
- Burmese
- တပေဘူတ
- Chinese
- 银鳞粉铃木, 银鳞风铃木, 錘花樹, 钟花树
- English
- Caribbean trumpet tree, Silver trumpet tree, Tree of gold, Caribbean trumpet-tree
- French
- Trumpet tree
- Portuguese
- Paratudo, Ipê-amarelo-do-cerrado
- Thai
- เหลืองปรีดียาธร
- Vietnamese
- Chuông vàng
Synonyms
- Bignonia aurea Silva Manso
- Bignonia squamellulosa DC.
- Couralia caraiba (Mart.) Corr.Méllo ex Stellfeld
- Gelseminum caraiba (Mart.) Kuntze
- Handroanthus caraiba (Mart.) Mattos
- Handroanthus leucophloeus (Mart. ex DC.) Mattos
- Tabebuia argentea (Bureau & K.Schum.) Britton
- Tabebuia caraiba (Mart.) Bureau
- Tabebuia caraiba var. squamellulosa (A.DC.) Bur. & K.Schum.
- Tabebuia suberosa Rusby
- Tecoma argentea Bureau & K.Schum.
- Tecoma aurea (Silva Manso) DC.
- Tecoma caraiba Mart.
- Tecoma caraiba var. grandiflora Hassl.
- Tecoma caraiba var. squamellulosa Bureau & K.Schum.
- Tecoma leucophlaeos Mart. ex DC.
- Tecoma leucophloeos Mart. ex DC.
- Tecoma squamellulosa DC.
- Tecoma trichocalycina DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mario ghiotti, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mateusbotanica2020, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mateusbotanica2020, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.