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Tecoma stans
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Natal Road, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Natal Road, Harare
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Yellow bells (English) Yellow elder (English) Yellow trumpet flower (English) |
| Frequency: | Rare |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Evergreen shrub or small tree, to 7 m. Leaflets 5-13, sharply serrate, sessile. Flowers bright yellow. Capsule 12-20 cm. |
| Notes: | Introduced as a garden ornamental and it is very commonly grown in Harare gardens. It is occasionally found growing in a semi-naturalised state. Plants, such as those found at Cleveland Dam, most likely originate from a planted specimen but they seem to have successsfully multiplied to form a small localised population. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In woodland and on roadsides |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Florida to the West Indies and South America |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 7 October 2006 |
| Literature: |
Other sources of information about Tecoma stans:
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Flora of Burundi: Tecoma stansFlora of Zambia: Tecoma stans
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Tecoma stans
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tecoma stansBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tecoma stans
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tecoma stans
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tecoma stans
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Tecoma stans
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tecoma stans
JSTOR Plant Science: Tecoma stans
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tecoma stans
Plants of the World Online: Tecoma stans
Tropicos: Tecoma stans
Wikipedia: Tecoma stans
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