Tecoma castanifolia (D.Don) Melch., Bignoniaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Stenolobium castanifolium D. Don; Tecoma gaudichaudii DC.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: chestnutleaf trumpetbush

Habit:  shrub/tree

Description:  "Glabrous or the leaves especially when young weakly to densely pubescent beneath with stellate trichomes; leaves oblong-elliptic, acute or the leaflets of trifoliate leaves acuminate, the lateral typically smaller than the medial, this often 1.5-2.5 dm. long, 6-9 cm. wide; panicles typically spiciform or branched (in Peru simple or subsimple); calyx 3-4 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. broad, equally 5-dentate; corolla 3.5 to 3.8 cm. long, width (in herb.) 12 mm. (or broader); tube 1-1.5 mm. broad, two and a half to three times longer than calyx; capsules 2 cm. long"  (Macbride, 1961; 5C/1:80-81).

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

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Ecuador and Peru (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Herbarium Pacificum Staff (1998) (p. 9) Vouchers cited: Landgraf s.n. (BISH 43016), D. Preston & F. Howarth s.n. (BISH 646673) "Reproducing and spreading in Lualualei Valley".

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
South America (Pacific rim) South America (Pacific rim)	Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
South America (Pacific rim) South America (Pacific rim)	Perú (Republic of)	native	Macbride, J. Francis (1936) (pp. 80-81)

Control:  If you know of control methods for Tecoma castanifolia, please let us know.