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Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth

Bignoniaceae

MC S North America (USA: Arizona to Texas, Florida; Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general) int M S Africa

MC SW SC SE

E[D]

hel hyg xer? calc

cl (emblem flower of US Virgin Islands) dr (flowers used as diuretic, leaves decoction taken orally against stomachache and diabetes mellitus, leaves infusion taken orally for diabetes, strong leaves and roots decoction taken orally as diuretic and for syphilis and intestinal worms) fd fw pl (ornamental tree, quickset edge) sa (protection against wind) ti

Bignonia frutescens Mill. ex A.DC. Bignonia incisa hort. ex A.DC. Bignonia stans L. Gelseminum mollis (Kunth) Kunth Gelseminum stans (L.) Kuntze Stenolobium molle (Kunth) Seem. Stenolobium quinquejugum Loes. Stenolobium stans (L.) Seem. Stenolobium stans var. apiifolium (hort. ex A.DC.) Seem. Stenolobium stans var. multijugum R.E.Fr. Stenolobium stans var. pinnatum Seem. Tecoma molle Kunth Tecoma stans var. apiifolia hort. ex A.DC.

yellow trumpetflower; buttercup; Christmas-hope (Trinidad); coribee (Antigua); cowstick (Cayman Is.); elderbush; Florida yellow-trumpet (USA); ginger thomas, ginger-thomas (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands); hardy yellow-trumpet; hemlock (Cayman Is.); kelki heel (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); shamrock (Cayman Is.); shruby yellow bignonia, trumpet bush, trumpetflower, yellow bells, yellow elder; yellow trumpet-flower (USA); yellow trumpetbush, yellow-bells; yellow-blossom (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); yellow-cedar (Virgin Islands); yellow-elder (Bahama Is., USA, Virgin Islands); yellow-trumpet (USA)

técoma jaune; bois à enivrer; bois caraibe (Grenada); bois fleurs jaunes (Guadeloupe, St. Lucia); bois-pissenlit; chanté (Guatemala); chevalier, fleur de St-Pierre (Haiti); fleurs jaunes; herbe de Saint-Nicolas, herbe de Saint-Pierre (Haiti); técoma dressé

amarguito (Nicaragua); barreto, borla de San Pedro (Guatemala); candelillo (Costa Rica); carboncillo (Costa Rica); chacté (Guatemala); chicalá (Colombia); chilca (Nicaragua); chirlobirlo, chirlobirlos (Colombia); cholán (Ecuador); copete (Panama); esperanza; flor amarilla (Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua); flor amarillo (Colombia); fresnillo (Colombia, Venezuela); fresno (Ecuador); fresno americano (Colombia); gloria (Mexico); guaran amarillo, guaranguaran, guaranguay blanco, huaran-amarillo (Argentina); marchucha (El Salvador); miñona; quillotoco (Colombia); retama (Mexico); roble amarillo (Colombia, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); ruibarba (Puerto Rico); San Andrés (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras); San Pedro; sardinillo (Central America, Honduras, Nicaragua); sauco amarillo (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico); saúco amarillo (Cuba, Hispaniola); saúco de jardin (Hispaniola); tache, tagualaishte, tagualaiste, tasto (El Salvador); timboco, timboque (Guatemala); tronadora (Mexico); vainilla (Costa Rica)

candox, canlol-che (Guatemala); chevalye, flè senpiè (creole, Haiti); Gelbblühender Trompetenbaum, Gelbe Tecoma (german); tecoma giallo (italian); tèk, zèb sennikola (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	MC S North America (USA: Arizona to Texas, Florida; Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general) int M S Africa
North America distribution zone	MC SW SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg xer? calc
Use	cl (emblem flower of US Virgin Islands) dr (flowers used as diuretic, leaves decoction taken orally against stomachache and diabetes mellitus, leaves infusion taken orally for diabetes, strong leaves and roots decoction taken orally as diuretic and for syphilis and intestinal worms) fd fw pl (ornamental tree, quickset edge) sa (protection against wind) ti
Synonym	Bignonia frutescens Mill. ex A.DC. Bignonia incisa hort. ex A.DC. Bignonia stans L. Gelseminum mollis (Kunth) Kunth Gelseminum stans (L.) Kuntze Stenolobium molle (Kunth) Seem. Stenolobium quinquejugum Loes. Stenolobium stans (L.) Seem. Stenolobium stans var. apiifolium (hort. ex A.DC.) Seem. Stenolobium stans var. multijugum R.E.Fr. Stenolobium stans var. pinnatum Seem. Tecoma molle Kunth Tecoma stans var. apiifolia hort. ex A.DC.
English name	yellow trumpetflower; buttercup; Christmas-hope (Trinidad); coribee (Antigua); cowstick (Cayman Is.); elderbush; Florida yellow-trumpet (USA); ginger thomas, ginger-thomas (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands); hardy yellow-trumpet; hemlock (Cayman Is.); kelki heel (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); shamrock (Cayman Is.); shruby yellow bignonia, trumpet bush, trumpetflower, yellow bells, yellow elder; yellow trumpet-flower (USA); yellow trumpetbush, yellow-bells; yellow-blossom (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); yellow-cedar (Virgin Islands); yellow-elder (Bahama Is., USA, Virgin Islands); yellow-trumpet (USA)
French name	técoma jaune; bois à enivrer; bois caraibe (Grenada); bois fleurs jaunes (Guadeloupe, St. Lucia); bois-pissenlit; chanté (Guatemala); chevalier, fleur de St-Pierre (Haiti); fleurs jaunes; herbe de Saint-Nicolas, herbe de Saint-Pierre (Haiti); técoma dressé
Spanish name	amarguito (Nicaragua); barreto, borla de San Pedro (Guatemala); candelillo (Costa Rica); carboncillo (Costa Rica); chacté (Guatemala); chicalá (Colombia); chilca (Nicaragua); chirlobirlo, chirlobirlos (Colombia); cholán (Ecuador); copete (Panama); esperanza; flor amarilla (Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua); flor amarillo (Colombia); fresnillo (Colombia, Venezuela); fresno (Ecuador); fresno americano (Colombia); gloria (Mexico); guaran amarillo, guaranguaran, guaranguay blanco, huaran-amarillo (Argentina); marchucha (El Salvador); miñona; quillotoco (Colombia); retama (Mexico); roble amarillo (Colombia, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); ruibarba (Puerto Rico); San Andrés (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras); San Pedro; sardinillo (Central America, Honduras, Nicaragua); sauco amarillo (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico); saúco amarillo (Cuba, Hispaniola); saúco de jardin (Hispaniola); tache, tagualaishte, tagualaiste, tasto (El Salvador); timboco, timboque (Guatemala); tronadora (Mexico); vainilla (Costa Rica)
Other name	candox, canlol-che (Guatemala); chevalye, flè senpiè (creole, Haiti); Gelbblühender Trompetenbaum, Gelbe Tecoma (german); tecoma giallo (italian); tèk, zèb sennikola (creole, Haiti)
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