Tabebuia aurea (Silva Manso) Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Moore

Tabebuia aurea or yellow tabebuia is native to regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru, and is now popularly planted along roadsides and in parks thanks to its spectacular flowers that bloom precisely when the tree loses its leaves. Besides its beauty, this tree is also able to absorb harmful carbon compounds, helping to clean the air of pollution, in addition to its reported anti-inflammatory, anticancer properties and ability to treat snake bites.

Grows well in tropical and subtropical regions, in full sunlight. Tabebuia's native habitat in Brazil is in areas with a dry climate, so this plant has high survival resistance in dry weather.

• Roots a taproot with fibrous roots underground.
• Trunk woody.
• Leaves palmately compound, with five or seven leaflets, each leaflet 6-18 cm, green with silvery scales above and below.
• Flowers bright yellow, trumpet-shaped, up to 6.5 cm in diameter, producing several flowers together in a loose panicle.
• Fruit a slender capsule 10 cm long.

Propagation can be done generatively using seed and vegetatively by stem cuttings and air layering. Choose mature seeds that have usually fallen from the tree on their own. Open the seed coat and dry under the sun until completely dry. After that, the seed can be stored for 1 month. Stored seed can be sown in a seedbed medium containing soil mixed with compost or manure in a 1:1 ratio. Care for tabebuia seedlings until they grow to a height of 1 meter or more. The seedlings can then be transplanted to a larger area.

Sterols, alkaloids, flavonoids, 3,4,5-trihydroxy-7-methoxyflavone, 3,4-dimethoxybenzoic acid (veratric acid), methyl cinnamate, β-sitosterol, betulinic acid, 6-O-(p-coumaroyl)-catalpol (specioside).

Anti-inflammatory, anticancer, cures influenza, treats snake bites, anti-edematogenic action, antioxidant, and nephroprotective.

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