Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC., Bignoniaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 3 (Go to the risk assessment)

Other Latin names:  Tabebuia pentaphylla auct.; Tecoma rosea Bertol.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: pink poui, pink tecoma, rosy trumpet tree

Spanish: roble

Habit:  tree

Description:  "Tree to 75 feet tall.  Leaves compound; leaflets 5, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 3-18 inches long, both sides ± scaly, base rounded to wedge-shaped, apex sharply acute to tapering.  Inflorescence a panicle, usually many-flowered.  Flower calyx cup-shaped, 0.4-0.8 inches long, 2-lipped, leathery, scaly, usually persistent; corolla 2-4 inches long, lavender or pale magenta, throat yellow fading to white; stamens included.  Fruit linear-cylindric, 8.5-15 inches long"  (Staples & Herbst, 2005; p. 189).

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed, wind-dispersed (Staples et al., 2000; p. 18).

Native range:  Mexico, Central America and northern South America (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
French Polynesia Society Islands	Tahiti Island	introduced cultivated	Florence, J./Chevillotte, H./Ollier, C./Meyer, J.-Y. (2011) Voucher cited: J. Florence 7838 (PAP) Ornementale rare à Tahiti.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1958) (voucher ID: BISH 43021) Taxon name on voucher: Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Maui Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1995) (voucher ID: BISH 642115) Taxon name on voucher: Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Frohlich, Danielle/Lau, Alex (2010) (p. 6) Voucher cited: OED 2008082201 (BISH)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1965) (voucher ID: BISH 7227) Taxon name on voucher: Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC.
New Caledonia New Caledonia Archipelago	Île Grande Terre	introduced cultivated	MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 22) Vouchers cited: Jaffré 1945 (NOU), MacKee 43891

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Colombia Colombia	Colombia (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Costa Rica Costa Rica	Costa Rica (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Ecuador (Mainland) Ecuador	Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
El Salvador El Salvador	El Salvador (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Guatemala Guatemala	Guatemala (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Honduras Honduras	Honduras (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Mexico Mexico	Mexico (United Mexican States)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Nicaragua Nicaragua	Nicaragua (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Panama Panama	Panama (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Singapore Singapore	Singapore (Republic of)	introduced invasive	Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. (2009) (p. 84) Casual

Additional information:
Information from the USDA Tropical Tree Seed Manual (PDF format).

Additional online information about Tabebuia rosea is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Tabebuia rosea as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Tabebuia rosea may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.). 1958. Voucher specimen #BISH43021(Rock, J.F.C s.n.).

Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.). 1965. Voucher specimen #BISH7227(Osgood, R.V. 199).

Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.). 1995. Voucher specimen #BISH642115(Flynn, T. 5803).

Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. 2009. A checklist of the total vascular plant flora of Singapore: native, naturalised and cultivated species. Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore. 273 pp.

Florence, J./Chevillotte, H./Ollier, C./Meyer, J.-Y. 2011. Base de données botaniques Nadeaud de l'Herbier de la Polynésie Française (PAP). (online resource).

Frohlich, Danielle/Lau, Alex. 2010. New plant records from O‘ahu for 2008. In: Evenhuis, Neal L. and Eldredge, Lucias G., eds. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2008. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 107:3-18.

MacKee, H. S. 1994. Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 164 p.

Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. 2005. A tropical garden flora: plants cultivated in the Hawaiian Islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 908 pp.

Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral/Imada, Clyde T. 2000. Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘i. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers No. 65. 35 pp.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2011. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.