White tabebuia, White trumpet shrub
Tabebuia pallida

Family: Bignoniaceae

What it is like

A large shrub or tree. It is larger than Tabebuia heterophylla. The leaves are usually simple. Occasionally they have 3 leaflets. The leaf blades are oval and 20 cm long by 12 cm wide. The flowers are pale pink or white. They are large. They are 5-8 cm long. There can be 1 or several in a cluster at the ends of the branches. The fruit is a pod like capsule 10-20 cm long by 15 mm wide. It splits open. There are many winged seeds.

There are 100 Tabebuia species. They grow in tropical America. Also medicinal.

Where it is found

A tropical plant. They grow in the tropics. It grows on the dry coast in the Lesser Antilles.

Countries/locations it is found in

Antigua and Barbuda, Asia, Australia, Bermuda, Caribbean, Central America, Dominica, Hawaii, Indonesia, Lesser Antilles (country/location of origin), Pacific, SE Asia, St Kitts, St Lucia, USA, West Indies

How it is used for food

Leaves are used for tea.

Edible parts

Leaves - tea

How it is grown

Plants can be grown from seeds.

Its other names

Local names

Perdu trompet putih, Roble blanco, Tabebuia putih

Synonyms

Tabebuia heterophylla subsp. pallida;