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Tabebuia aurea
It is a small dry season-deciduous tree growing to 8 m tall. The leaves are palmately compound, with five or seven leaflets, each leaflet 6–18 cm long, green with silvery scales both above and below. The flowers are bright yellow, up to 6.5 cm diameter, produced several together in a loose panicle. The fruit is a slender 10 cm long capsule. Cultivation It is a popular ornamental tree in subtropical and tropical regions, grown for its spectacular flower display on leafless shoots at the end of the dry season.
This species presence in riparian areas of the Caatinga of northeastern Brazil is a crucial resource for Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), which is presently extinct in the wild with fewer than 100 birds remaining in captivity. Any future reintroduction would have to provide sufficient T. aurea for nesting and other purposes - while the tree is not considered threatened on a global scale, locally it has declined due to unsustainable use for timber.
I planted this as seedling on Feb 10 2012 after two year is is now blooming, in the Philippines it is localy known as yellow tabebuia
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