Stats

Lifespan: 50-100 yrs
Size: Large
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Tropical dry forest
Range: Central America
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Uncommon

About

A tropical flowering tree native to Central and South America, famous for blanketing its bare branches in dense clusters of rosy-pink trumpet flowers before a single leaf appears. It is widely planted as a street tree across tropical cities for its breathtaking seasonal bloom.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Tabebuia
Species: Tabebuia rosea