Descriptions of Additional 
FLOWERING TROPICAL TREES 
Now Available for Your Garden 
NATIONAL TREE OF SALVADOR 
(Tabebuia pentaphylla) 
VENEZUELA TRUMPET (Tabebuia 
sp.). This tree with mauve flowers was 
grown from seed received from Venezu- 
ela. It is probably T. leucoxylon. 
COLOMBIA TRUMPET (T. gaudi- 
chaudia). This tree-like shrub was intro- 
duced 20 years ago from South America. 
It bears large clusters of yellow flowers 
at the branch tips. 
*WHITEWOOD (T. -leucoxylon ). 
Large, fast-growing West Indian tree 
with glossy leaves and tubular 3-inch 
mauve flowers with yellow throat. Free- 
man & Williams call it “very pretty when 
in full bloom.” Thrives in dry, exposed 
situations. 
STEREOSPERMUM (S. chelonoides). 
This large deciduous Indian tree, allied 
to the African tulip, bears in April fra- 
grant %-inch dingy yellow flowers in 
15-inch loose clusters. 
*TECOMELLA (T. undulata). Spec- 
tacular and rare evergreen Indian tree 
with burnt orange 2-inch cup-shaped 
flowers, similar to the flowers of the 
sausage tree (Kigelia sp.) to which it is 
related, but more showy. Blooming per- 
iod is from February through April, but 
the gray-green narrow foliage makes the 
tree attractive all year. 
“KENYA MARKHAMIA (M._ platy- 
calyx). This East African species is simi- 
lar to M. hildebrandti but smaller and 
The 
flowers are yellow streaked with red. 
suited to wetter and warmer areas. 
*DWARF JACARANDA (J. caerulea). 
This beautiful small Trinidad tree bears 
a wealth of flowers, violet buds that open 
bluish-violet, pendent, with white throats, 
in many-flowered clusters. New in Florida 
and should be very fine. 
HELIOCARPUS (H._ trichopodus). 
This evergreen South American small 
shade tree is allied to the linden. It has 
inconspicuous white flowers. 
PRETTY LUEHEA 
Costa Rican Ornamental 
