Tabebuia alba

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Tabebuia alba

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Tabebuia
Species: T. alba
Binomial name
Tabebuia alba
(Cham.) Sandw
Synonyms

Handroanthus albus (Cham.) Mattos
Tecoma alba Cham.

Tabebuia alba is a tree native to Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. This plant is found in the following states of Brazil: Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo. [1] It is used as a urban tree, and it is also used as a medicinal plant. Well-known and popular, it is one of the national plants of Brazil.

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