Mazhar Botanic Garden

Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. Ex Kunth

Yelloe bells yellow elder

Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Tecoma
Species: stans
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000178
English name: Yelloe bells, yellow elder
Arabic name: تكوما صفراء
Native: Southern United States, Central and South America
Country: Central america United States
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Evergreen shrub, up to 25 m tall leaves pinnate, leaflets elliptic-ovate with toothed margins flowers slightly fragrant, bright yellow, borne  on a short  terminal inflorescence fruit elongated and flattened, 30 cm long, seeds  flat with wings, 2 cm long

Ornamental plant. Sometimes cultivated for medicinal virtues, as a hedge and to provide shade

Tecoma velutina Lindl, Gelseminum stans (L) Kuntze

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Texture: Sandy loam
Drainage: Well drained
Water Sources: Medium Water
Lights: Partial shade
Propagation: Fresh seeds, Cuttings
Flowering time: Late spring to frost
Zone: 10

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