Family Bignoniaceae

Trumpet Tree Family

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Spathodea campanulata

UH Manoa Campus

AFRICAN TULIP TREE

Large tree naturalized at lower elevations.  Flowers rarely pale yellow-orange.  Native to tropical Africa.

HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Tabebuia donnell-smithii

Hickam AFB, Oahu

UH Manoa, Oahu

GOLD TREE

Beautiful flowering tree native to Tropical South & Central America.  Papery leaves are bright green and wrinkled.  Deciduous.  Blooms in Hawaii during spring & fall before new leaves appear.

http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/AF/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=18032

Tabebuia impetiginosa

UH Manoa, Oahu

PAU D'ARCO    PURPLE TABEBUIA    PINK LAPACHO

Spectacular tree with dark green ovate textured leaves and pink flowers with yellow throats.  Not common in Hawaii gardens.  Native to Central & South America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabebuia_impetiginosa

Tabebuia berteroi

UH Manoa, Oahu

HISPANIOLAN ROSY TRUMPET TREE

Small ornamental tree from Tropical America.  Pale pink flowers with yellow throat.

Tabebuia heterophylla

PINK TRUMPET TREE, PINK TECOMA

Popular ornamental tree from Tropical America.  Pink flowers with white throat.  Blooms several times a year in Hawaii.

Catalpa longissima 

YOKE-WOOD

Ornamental street tree from the West Indies.  Small white flowers.

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Hickam AFB, Oahu

JACARANDA

Ornamental tree from South America.  Blooms in early summer.

Kigelia africana

UH Manoa, Oahu

SAUSAGE TREE

Ornamental tree from Tropical Africa.  Bat-pollinated flowers open at night.  Hard poisonous fruits weigh up to 20 pounds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigelia

Macfadyena unguis-cati

UH Manoa, Oahu

CAT'S-CLAW VINE

Ornamental flowering vine from Central America.

Pandorea jasminoides

UH Manoa, Oahu

BOWER VINE

Ornamental vine from Eastern Australia.

Podranea ricasoliana

UH Manoa, Oahu

PINK TRUMPET VINE

Ornamental vine from South Africa.

Tecomanthe dendrophylla

UH Manoa, Oahu

TECOMANTHE

Ornamental vine with 4 inch flowers native to New Guinea.  Also known as Tecomanthe venusta.

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