INFORMATION LEAFLET 
FOREIGN WOODS 
Fores t Products La boratory. ».- Forest Service 
S. Department of Agriculture 
1954 
ROBLE BUNCO, AMAPA, MAYFLOWER 
Tabebuia pentaphylla (L. ) Hemsl. 
Family: Bignoniaceae 
By 
JEANNETTE M. KRYN, Forest Products Technologist 
Division of Silvicultural Relations 
Distribution and Habitat 
The genus Tabebuia is widely distributed throughout tropical America. It is 
divided into three main groups of trees: Roble (a Spanish name for oak), 
N "White Cedar," and Lapacho. Each group is represented by species with 
distinct wood characteristics. The Roble group, discussed in this report, 
includes several species, but the best known is Tabebuia pentaphylla . The 
wood bears a superficial resemblance to oak, but it lacks the large rays. 
This species is quite common in i""exico, Central America, Ecuador, Colombia, 
Venezuela, and the West Indies. It grows in various habitats, from wet 
lowlands to dry mountainsides (A, 13, 15, 20, 21).- 
-Maintained at Madison, Wis., in cooperation with the University of 
Wisconsin, 
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Underlined numbers in parentheses refer to the list of numbered references 
at the end of the report. 
Rept. No. 1980 -1- Agriculture-Madison 
