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  • COMMON NAME: Ginger-Thomas, Yellow Bells, Yellow Elder, Yellow Trumpet Bush.
  • ARABIC: تكوما
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Tecoma stans (L). Juss.
  • SYNONYMS: Bignonia stans L., Gelseminum stans (L.) Kuntze, Gelseminum stans (L.) Kuntze.
  • FAMILY: BIGNONIACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ajman , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:111284-1/images V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Moderate salinity tolerance, ornamental plant, easily propagated vegetatively.
Large evergreen shrub, 1-3 meters high. Shoots herbaceous, leafy, with many branches. Leaves opposite, odd-pinnate, leaflets 5-11, oblong-lanceolate, serrate, acuminate, subsessile, 2-5cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers large, 2-4cm long, fragrant, in terminal panicles or racemes. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, yellow, the limb with wavy lobes. Stamens included pubescent. Fruit consists of bunches of long, slender capsules. Flowering in spring.
Cultivated in sandy, salty soils, moderately tolerates salinity, grows well near coast.
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