Tabebuia - Selected Species

Selected Species

• Tabebuia alba – Ipê-amarelo-da-serra
• Tabebuia anafensis (Cuba)
• Tabebuia arimaoensis (Cuba)
• Tabebuia aurea – Caribbean Trumpet Tree
• Tabebuia bilbergii
• Tabebuia bibracteolata Britton (Cuba)
• Tabebuia cassinoides – Caixeta (Brazil)
• Tabebuia chrysantha – Araguaney (Venezuela) Yellow Ipê, tajibo (Bolivia), ipê-amarelo (Brazil), cañaguate (N Colombia)
• Tabebuia chrysotricha – Golden Trumpet Tree
• Tabebuia donnell-smithii – Gold Tree, "Prima Vera", Cortez blanco (El Salvador), San Juan (Honduras), palo blanco (Guatemala), duranga (Mexico)

A native of Mexico and Central Americas, considered one of the most colorful of all Central American trees. The leaves are deciduous. Masses of golden-yellow flowers cover the crown after the leaves are shed.

• Tabebuia dubia (Cuba)
• Tabebuia ecuadorensis
• Tabebuia elongata
• Tabebuia furfuracea
• Tabebuia geminiflora
• Tabebuia guayacan
• Tabebuia haemantha
• Tabebuia heptaphylla – tajy
• Tabebuia heterophylla – roble prieto
• Tabebuia heteropoda
• Tabebuia hypoleuca
• Tabebuia impetiginosa – Pink Ipê, Pink Lapacho, ipê-cavatã, ipê-comum, ipê-reto, ipê-rosa, ipê-roxo-damata, pau d'arco-roxo, peúva, piúva (Brazil), lapacho negro (Spanish); not "brazilwood"
• Tabebuia incana
• Tabebuia jackiana
• Tabebuia lapacho – lapacho amarillo
• Tabebuia orinocensis
• Tabebuia ochracea
• Tabebuia oligolepis
• Tabebuia pallida – Cuban Pink Trumpet Tree
• Tabebuia platyantha
• Tabebuia polymorpha
• Tabebuia rosea (= T. pentaphylla ) – Pink Poui, Pink Tecoma, apama, apamate, matilisguate

A popular street tree in tropical cities because of its multi-annular masses of light pink to purple flowers and modest size. The roots are not especially destructive for roads and sidewalks.

• Tabebuia roseo-alba – White Ipê, ipê-branco (Brazil), lapacho blanco
• Tabebuia serratifolia – Yellow Lapacho, Yellow Poui, ipê-roxo (Brazil)
• Tabebuia shaferi
• Tabebuia striata
• Tabebuia subtilis
• Tabebuia umbellata
• Tabebuia vellosoi