Description
Tabebuia impetiginosa (scientific name: Handroanthus impetiginosus (Mart. ex DC.) Mattos) is a deciduous tree belonging to the Bignoniaceae family. The trunk is thick, the bark is gray-white, and its surface is wrinkled, usually with pillar roots, and the branches are evenly distributed. The leaves are dark green and are about 30 cm long. The flowers are trumpet-shaped or funnel-shaped, light purple to dark purple or purplish red, and often form large terminal clusters in the leaf axils. Its fruit is a dark brown cylindrical pod that splits when mature, exposing its winged seeds.
The purple bellflower is native to countries and regions in Central and South America such as Brazil, Paraguay, Guatemala, Argentina, Trinidad and Tomago. It is light-loving, slightly shade-tolerant, suitable for growth at 20-30℃, and the lowest temperature is 5℃. The soil requirements are not strict.
The purple-flowered bellwood can be used as a shade tree or a sidewalk tree on the lawn, pond side or main road in parks, courtyards, scenic spots, and is suitable for solitary planting or row planting. Also medicinal
