Tabebuia lepidota (Kunth) Britton
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Bignoniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A shrub, 1-3 m. high, or in Cuba sometimes a tree up to about 6 m. high, the young twigs more or less lepidote. Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, rarely 12- foliolate, or those of shoots 5-foliolate; petioles 1-2.5 cm. long; leaflets oblanceolate to oblong-obovate, about 5 cm. long or less, coriaceous, rounded or refuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, the terminal one stalked, the lateral ones sessile, all somewhat lepidote, at least beneath; flowers usually few, pink, 5-7 cm. long; calyx lepidote, oblique; capsule 6-12 cm. long.
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Distribution
Scrub-lands, Andros : 'Cuba. The specimens are incomplete and are referred to this species with hesitation.
South Andros Bahamas South America| Cuba South America|