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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S.O.Grose (BIGNONIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Golden Trumpet Tree, Golden Goddess

Description

Deciduous tree to 24 m tall. Leaves opposite, palmately compound with 5 leaflets, c. 25 cm across. Flowers c. 5 cm long, large, showy, tubular, yellow in compact terminal clusters, often the whole crown blooms after leaf fall. Fruits slender, flattened capsule, c. 25 cm long.

Ecology

Deciduous tropical forests.

Distribution

Central and northern S America, sometimes naturalised in SE Asia.

Uses

Often planted as ornamental.