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pink manjack

Tabebuia heterophylla (DC.) Britton
pink manjack
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Tabebuia heterophylla (DC.) Britton is a tree species in the Bignoniaceae family, native to the Caribbean. It is also known as pink manjack and is cultivated in various regions. The species was published in 1915 as an illegitimate replacement name for B. leucoxylon L. (1753).

Description

Tabebuia heterophylla is a tree species in the Bignoniaceae family, native to the Caribbean. It is also cultivated in other regions and is known by several common names, including pink manjack, roble blanco, pink trumpet tree, white cedar, and whitewood. The species was described in 1915 as an illegitimate replacement name for B. leucoxylon L. (1753).

Other common names

White cedarwhite-cedarpink manjackpink trumpet-treewhitewood

Distribution

CK · CW · AW · AS · Yap · WS · PW · SB · AI · KY · FM · MU · DM · SN · Conception · Curieuse · D'Arros Island and Saint Joseph Atoll · Farquhar - South Island and islets · Frégate island · Ile aux Vaches · Mare Aux Cochons · Morne Seychellois National Park · Silhouette National Park · PA · MS · Global · Arno Atoll · Kwajalein Atoll · Majuro Atoll · MH

Synonyms

Handroanthus pentaphyllusLeucoxylon acuminataLeucoxylon ripariaTecoma pentaphyllaTecoma triphyllaTabebuia leptopodaTabebuia geronensisTabebuia gonavensisTabebuia lindahliiTabebuia lucidaTabebuia beyeriTabebuia brigandinaTabebuia camagueyensisTabebuia capoteiTabebuia arenicolaTabebuia dictyophyllaTecoma eggersiiTabebuia ripariaTabebuia pentaphyllaTabebuia triphyllaTabebuia heterophylla subsp. genuinaTabebuia pallida subsp. heterophyllaTabebuia pallida subsp. pentaphyllaTabebuia curtissiiBignonia leucoxylonBignonia pentaphyllaRaputia heterophyllaTecoma pentaphylla

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