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Latin name	Tabebuia angustata Britton
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hel hyg acid
Use	pl ti
Synonym	Tabebuia pentaphylla Griseb. non DC. nec (L.) Hemsl. Tabebuia richardiana Urb. Tabebuia trinitensis Britton Tecoma heptaphylla A.Rich. non Mart.
English name	narrow trumpettree; white wood (Jamaica)
French name	tabébuia étroit
Spanish name	roble, roble blanco, roble de yugo (Cuba)
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Latin name	Tabebuia arimaoensis Britton
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba: Villa Clara Province)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	Cuban trumpettree
French name	tabébuia de Cuba
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Latin name	Tabebuia bahamensis (Northr.) Britton
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Bahamas, Cuba, Turks and Caicos)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	hel
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Synonym	Tabebuia affinis Britton & P.Wilson ex Alain Tabebuia leonis Alain Tabebuia turquinensis Alain Tecoma bahamensis Northr. Tecoma leucoxylon (L.) Mart. ex DC.
English name	beefbush trumpettree; abave-all, beef-bush, chicken toe, gumwood, gunwood, old man, s-finger, white-cedar (Bahamas)
French name	tabébuia des Bahamas
Spanish name	azulejo, roble blanco (Cuba)
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Latin name	Tabebuia berterii (DC.) Britton
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Tabebuia anisophylla Urb. Tabebuia berteroi (DC.) Britton Tecoma berterii DC.
English name	Bertero trumpettree
French name	tabébuia de Bertero; bois du sip, poirier, sip (Haiti)
Spanish name	aceituno, cenizoso, muñeco, olivo, palo cenizo, roble (Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa sip, sip (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Tabebuia bibracteolata (Griseb.) Britton
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Tabebuia candicans Borhidi & O.Muñiz Tabebuia furfuracea Urb. Tabebuia nervosa Urb. Tabebuia nipensis Urb. Tabebuia subcordata Urb. Tecoma bibracteolata Griseb.
English name	twobracteolate trumpettree
French name	tabébuia à deux bractéoles
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Latin name	Tabebuia billbergii (Bureau & K.Schum.) Standl.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola) N MW South America (Netherlands Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use	ti
Synonym	Tabebuia ecuadorensis Standl. Tecoma billbergii Bureau & K.Schum.
English name	Billberg trumpettree
French name	tabébuia de Billberg
Spanish name	madera negra, madero negro (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Tabebuia billbergii (Bureau & K.Schum.) Standl. ssp. billbergii
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola) N South America (Netherlands Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology
Use	ti
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English name	typical Billberg trumpettree
French name	tabébuia de Billberg typique
Spanish name	acapro, araguaney, cañaguato blanco, cunari, curarira, flor amarilla, pui, puy (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Tabebuia brooksiana Britton
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	acid
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Synonym	Tabebuia leucoxylon Griseb. non Mart. Tabebuia nigripes Urb.
English name	Brooks trumpettree
French name	tabébuia de Brooks
Spanish name	roble; roble de olor, roble de yugo (Cuba)
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Latin name	Tabebuia bullata A.H.Gentry
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic: Cordillera Central)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	bullate trumpettree
French name	tabébuia bosselé
Spanish name	yaguasa (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Tabebuia calcicola Britton
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Tabebuia ekmanii Urb. Tabebuia erosa Urb. Tabebuia hotteana Urb. & Ekman Tabebuia jojoana Britton & P.Wilson ex Alain Tabebuia triorbicularis Borhidi Tabebuia triorbicularis var. obovata Borhidi Tecoma leucoxylon var. reticulata Griseb.
English name	calcicolous trumpettree
French name	tabébuia calcicole; bois savane (Hispaniola)
Spanish name	roble caimán (Cuba)
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Latin name	Tabebuia capitata (Bureau. & K.Schum.) Sandw.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize, Grenada) N MW MC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr (bark used to make "curiaras") ma pl ti
Synonym	Bignonia capitata (Bureau & K.Schum.) Poepp. Handroanthus capitatus (Bureau & K.Schum.) Mattos Tabebuia glomerata Urb. Tabebuia hypolepra Sprague & Sandw. Tecoma capitata Bureau & K.Schum. Tecoma leucoxylon var. miquelii A.DC.
English name	capitate trumpettree; yellow poui (Trinidad)
French name	tabébuia capité; lisière de la forêt (French Guiana)
Spanish name	araguaney, araguaney puy (Venezuela); asta de venado amarillo (Peru); canaguate blanco (Venezuela); comesebo negro (Peru); puy, roble amarillo; tahuari (Peru); vera (Venezuela)
Other name	araui-yé (Venezuela); pau d'arco, pau d'arco amarelo, pau d'arco preto, pau d'arco tatajipoca (Brazil)
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Latin name	Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) G.Nicholson
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel mes->xer sili
Use	cl (emblem tree of Venezuela) ma pl (living fences) sa ti (archery bow, bridge timber, cabinet work, fence posts, general heavy construction, house, railroad ties)
Synonym	Bignonia chrysantha Jacq. Tabebuia rufescens J.R.Johnst. Tecoma chrysantha (Jacq.) A.DC. Tecoma evenia Donn.Sm. p.p. Tecoma palmeri Kraenzl.
English name	amapa trumpettree; amapa
French name	tabébuia à fleurs jaunes
Spanish name	amapa, amapa amarilla, amapa prieta (Mexico); apamate; araguaney, araguaney puy (Venezuela); cañaguate, chicalá (Colombia); contoz, cortes (Costa Rica); cortés (Costa Rica, Honduras); cortes amarillo (Costa Rica); cortés amarillo (Honduras); cortez (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua); cortez coyote, cortez negro, cortez prieto (El Salvador); corteza, corteza amarilla (Costa Rica); flora amarilla (Venezuela); guayacan (Costa Rica); guayacán (Costa Rica, Mexico, Venezuela); guayacán amarillo, guayacán flor amarillo (Colombia); guayacán pechiche (Ecuador); guayacán polvillo (Colombia); hahauche (Guatemala); lombricillo, lotcui (Mexico); madera negra (Ecuador); masicaran, matilisguate (Guatemala); polvilli, polvillo (Colombia); quebracho (Guatemala); roble (Mexico); tajibo amarillo (Bolivia); verdecillo, verdicello (Mexico)
Other name	ahan-ché (maya); ahou-che (Guatemala); ahouan-ché (maya); naki (kuna, Panama); nyahuaijia (shuar, Ecuador); x-ahau-cñé (maya)
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Latin name	Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) G.Nicholson ssp. chrysantha
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama; Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology
Use	dr ma pl (ornamental) ti
Synonym	Tecoma spectabilis G.Planch. ex Griseb. non Planch. & Linden
English name	typical amapa trumpettree; yellow may flower (Belize); yellow poui (Virgin Islands)
French name	tabébuia à fleurs jaunes typique
Spanish name	amapa, amapa prieta (Mexico); araguaney, araguaney puy (Venezuela); cortes (Belize); cortez, cortez amarillo, cortez coyote, cortez negro (El Salvador); flor amarilla, guayacan (Venezuela); guayacán, guayacán de la costa (Ecuador); matilisguate (Guatemala); roble (Mexico); roble amarillo (Puerto Rico); verdecillo (Mexico)
Other name	ahau-che, ha-hauche (maya, Mexico)
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Latin name	Tabebuia chrysantha ssp. pluvicola A.H.Gentry
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	ti
Synonym	Tecoma grandis Appun non Kraenzl.
English name	rain amapa trumpettree
French name	tabébuia à fleurs jaunes pluvial
Spanish name	echahumo (Venezuela); guayacan pechiche, huayacan (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Tabebuia conferta Urb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif de la Hotte, Mare Blanche,Torbec)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	crowded trumpettree
French name	tabébuia touffu; calebassier (Haiti)
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Latin name	Tabebuia densifolia Urb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Tabebuia picotensis Urb.
English name	denseleaf trumpettree
French name	tabébuia à feuilles denses
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Latin name	Tabebuia domingensis (Urb.) Britton
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic: Barahona)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Tabebuia dominguensis (Urb.) Britton Tecoma domingensis Urb.
English name	SantoDomingo trumpettree
French name	tabébuia de Saint-Domingue
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Latin name	Tabebuia donnell-smithii Rose
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador) int NC Oceania
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel mes sili acid->neut
Use	ex fw (fuel) ma pl sa (agricultural shade) ti (boat construction, boxes, cabinet work, flooring, furniture, light construction, plywood, veneer)
Synonym	Cybistax donnell-smithii (Rose) Seibert Cybistax millsii Miranda Roseodendron donnell-smithii (Rose) Miranda Roseodendron millsii (Miranda) Miranda Tabebuia millsii (Miranda) A.H. Gentry
English name	DonnellSmith trumpettree; gold tree (Puerto Rico); goldtree; primavera (Puerto Rico); white mahagony; white mahogany (Puerto Rico)
French name	tabébuia de Donnell-Smith
Spanish name	aragan; cacho de venado (Venezuela); comida de culebra (Venezuela); copal (Central America); cortés (El Salvador, Honduras); cortex (El Salvador, Honduras); cortez, cortez blanco (Central America); duranga, durango (Mexico); guayapeño (Honduras); palo blanco (Central America); penda; primavera (Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico); roble; San Juan, San Juan guayapeño, San Juan primavera (Honduras)
Other name	primavera, white mahagony
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Latin name	Tabebuia dubia (C.Wright ex Sauvalle) Britton ex Seibert
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Tabebuia crassifolia Britton Tecoma dubia C.Wright ex Sauvalle
English name	doubtful trumpettree
French name	tabébuia douteux
Spanish name	cucharillo, roble de hoja ancha, roble macho, roble negro (Cuba)
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Latin name	Tabebuia elongata Urb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	elongated trumpettree
French name	tabébuia allongé
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Latin name	Tabebuia guayacan (Seem.) Hemsl.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg->xer
Use	ex fr ma ti (boat framing, boxes, farm building, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general heavy construction, interior construction, manual goods, ninepins, packaging, piling, plywood, pulp mill equipment, railroad ties, ship building, sports equipment, structural use, tool handles, turned work, veneer)
Synonym	Tecoma guayacan Seem.
English name	yellow trumpettree; black mango (Belize); white cedar; yellow mayflower (Belize)
French name	tabébuia guayacán
Spanish name	canaguato blanco (Venezuela); cortés (Costa Rica, Honduras); cortez (Guatemala); corteza (Costa Rica, Guatemala); guayacan (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela); guayacán (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama); guayacán de flor amarilla; guaycan (Guatemala, Nicaragua); lapacho; primavera (Mexico); tahuari (Peru)
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Latin name	Tabebuia haemantha (Bertero ex Spreng.) A.DC.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel xer
Use	pl
Synonym	Bignonia haemantha Bertero ex Spreng. Spathodea portoricensis Bello Tecoma haemantha (Bertero ex Spreng.) Griseb.
English name	bloodredflower trumpettree
French name	tabébuia à fleurs rouge-sang
Spanish name	roble bobo; roble cimarrón, roble colorado (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Tabebuia heterophylla (DC.) Britton
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies) int MW Africa and NC NE Oceania
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc
Use	dr fd ma pl (ornamental) sa ti
Synonym	Bignonia leucoxylon L. Bignonia pentaphylla L. Handroanthus pentaphyllus (L.) Mattos Leucoxylon acuminata Raf. Leucoxylon riparia Raf. Raputia heterophylla DC. Tabebuia arenicola Britton Tabebuia beyeri Urb. & Ekman Tabebuia brigandina Urb. & Ekman Tabebuia camaguayensis Britton & P.Wilson Tabebuia capotei Borhidi Tabebuia curtissii Britton Tabebuia dictyophylla Urb. Tabebuia geronensis Britton Tabebuia gonavensis Urb. Tabebuia heterophylla ssp. genuina Stehlé Tabebuia heterophylla ssp. pallida auct. non (Miers) Stehlé Tabebuia leptopoda Urb. Tabebuia lindahlii Urb. Tabebuia lucida Britton Tabebuia pallida sensu Alain & Martorell Tabebuia pallida ssp. heterophylla (DC.) Stehlé Tabebuia pallida ssp. pentaphylla (L.) Stehlé Tabebuia pentaphylla (L.) Hemsl. Tabebuia riparia (Raf.) Sandwith Tabebuia triphylla A.DC. Tecoma eggersii Kraenzl. Tecoma pentaphylla Juss. Tecoma pentaphylla (L.) A.DC. Tecoma triphylla Mart. ex A.DC.
English name	manjak trumpettree; ceder; pink cedar (Jamaica); pink manjack (Virgin Islands); pink trumpet tree (Jamaica); pink trumpet-tree (USA); pink-cedar (Virgin Islands); roble; tooshe-flower (Virgin Islands); white cedar (West Indies); white wood (Cayman Islands); white-cedar (Bermuda Islands, Lesser Antilles); whitewood (Barbados, Cayman Islands, Jamaica); yoke wood (Jamaica)
French name	tabébuia gris; bois d'ébène de Cayenne; poirier, poirier blanc, poirier des Antilles (West Indies); poirier gris (Guadeloupe); poirier jaune; poirier marbre (West Indies); poirier noir, poirier pays; poirier rouge (West Indies); poirier-pays, técoma à cinq folioles
Spanish name	capa bobo (Hispaniola); capá bobó (Dominican Republic); macuelizo (Honduras, Nicaragua); palo amargo (Hispaniola); prieto (Puerto Rico); roble (Costa Rica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Panama, Puerto Rico); roble blanco (Cuba, Hispaniola); roble de costa (Puerto Rico); roble de la sabana (Costa Rica, Panama); roble de olor, roble de playa (Cuba); roble de yugo, roble prieto (Puerto Rico)
Other name	pwaye (creole, Haiti)
Trade name	roble

Latin name	Tabebuia hypoleuca (C.Wright ex Sauvalle) Urb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Tabebuia acunana Borhidi & O.Muñiz Tabebuia hypoleuca ssp. nivea Borhidi & O.Muñiz Tecoma hypoleuca C.Wright ex Sauvalle Tecoma lepidophylla var. reticulata Griseb.
English name	whitish trumpettree
French name	tabébuia blanchâtre
Spanish name	jalacho; roble macho (Cuba)
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Latin name	Tabebuia impetiginosa (Mart. ex A.DC.) Standl.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->mes
Use	ex pl ti (ceiling beams, corral posts, railroad ties)
Synonym	Gelseminum avellanedae (Lorentz ex Griseb.) Kuntze Handroanthus avellanedae (Lorentz ex Griseb.) Mattos Handroanthus impetiginosus (Mart. ex A.DC.) Mattos Handroanthus impetiginosus var. lepidotus (Bureau) Mattos Tabebuia avellanedae Lorentz ex Griseb. Tabebuia dugandii Standl. Tabebuia ipe var. integra (Sprague) Sandwith Tabebuia nicaraguensis S.F.Blake Tabebuia palmeri Rose Tabebuia schunkevigoi D.R.Simpson Tecoma adenophylla Bureau & K.Schum. Tecoma avellanedae (Lorentz ex Griseb.) Speg. Tecoma avellanedae var. alba Lillo Tecoma impetiginosa Mart. Tecoma impetiginosa Mart. ex A.DC. Tecoma impetiginosa var. lepidota Bureau Tecoma integra (Sprague) Chodat Tecoma ipe var. integra Sprague Tecoma ipe var. integrifolia Hassl. Tecoma ipe f. leucotricha Hassl.
English name	Palmer trumpettree; groenhart (Suriname)
French name	tabébuia de Palmer
Spanish name	amapa, amapa colorada, amapa prieta, amapa rosa (Mexico); araguaney poi, araguaney pui (Venezuela); canafistula, canafistula bofa, canafistula cimarrona (Mexico); cañaguate morado (Colombia); cortés negro (Costa Rica, Honduras); cortez colorado (Guatemala); cortez negro (El Salvador); guayacán (Peru); ipe (Costa Rica); lapacho (Argentina, Costa Rica, Paraguay); lapacho rosado (Argentina, Paraguay); macuelizo (Honduras); macuil, palo de cortez, palo de rosa (Mexico); polvillo (Colombia, Venezuela); roble, roble cinero (Mexico); roble morado (Colombia); roble serrano, rosa morada (Mexico); tajibo morado, tujibo (Bolivia)
Other name	ipe, ipe preto, ipe rosa, ipê roxo, ipé-de-minas, (Brazil); ipê-de-minas (portuguese, Brazil); ipé-preto, ipê-preto, ipê-roxo, ipé-roxo-de-bola, ipé-roxo-do-grande, ipê-una, ipe-ura, lapacho, pão d'arco, pao-d'arco-rosa, pâo-d'arco-roxo, pau d'arco-rosa, pau-cachorro (Brazil); pau-d'arco-roxo (portuguese, Brazil); piúna, piúna-roxa (Brazil); ta-wi-yo (Mexico); taiiy pichai (Argentina, Paraguay)
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Latin name	Tabebuia jackiana Ekman ex Urb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Jack trumpettree
French name	tabébuia de Jack
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Latin name	Tabebuia leptoneura Urb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	thinnerve trumpettree
French name	tabébuia à nervures fines
Spanish name	roble blanco (Cuba); roble de yugo
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Latin name	Tabebuia leucoxyla DC.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guadeloupe, St. Barthélemy)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg?
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English name	Guadeloupe trumpettree
French name	tabébuia de la Guadeloupe; bois d'ébène de Cayenne
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Latin name	Tabebuia linearis Alain
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	serp
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Synonym	Tabebuia lopezii Alain Tabebuia rigida Alain non Urb.
English name	narrowleaf trumpettree
French name	tabébuia linéaire
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Latin name	Tabebuia microphylla (Lam.) Urb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Bignonia microphylla Lam. Catalpa microphylla Spreng. Tabebuia libanensis Urb. Tabebuia ostenfeldii Urb. Tabebuia truncata Urb. Tecoma microphylla (Lam.) Urb.
English name	smallleaf trumpettree
French name	tabébuia à petites feuilles
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