Plants in Israel | Tecoma castanifolia

Tecoma castanifolia, Bignonia castaneifolia, Chestnutleaf Trumpet Bush, Gaudichaudi,

Hebrew: דק פרי ערמוני, Arabic: تيكومة كستنائية الأوراق

Scientific name:   Tecoma castanifolia (D.Don) Melch.
Synonym name:   Bignonia castaneifolia (D.Don) DC., Bignonia serrata, Delostoma stenolobium, Stenolobium castanifolium, Stenolobium stans var. castanifolium, Tecoma gaudichaudi DC
English name:   Chestnutleaf Trumpet Bush, Gaudichaudi
Hebrew name:   דק פרי ערמוני
Arabic name:   تيكومة كستنائية الأوراق
Family:   Bignoniaceae, Trumpet-creeper family, ביגנוניים


Life form:   Evergreen spreading erect tree
Spinescence:   no
Succulence:   no
Stems:   Up to 5m, diameter 4m
Leaves:   Opposite, simple-leaved, digitate opposite, lanceolate leaflets are serrulate and petiolate
Inflorescence:   Terminal dense racemes or panicles
Flowers:   Yellow bell-shaped flowers
Fruits / pods:   Loculicidal capsules
Flowering Period:   Fall, Winter, Spring
Habitat:   Disturbed areas; Urban / peri-urban areas
Distribution:   Ornamental garden and street tree
Chorotype:   Ecuador
Summer shedding:   Perennating


Derivation of the botanical name:

Tecoma, originates from the Mexican name tecomaxochitl, which is given by the local people to all those plants with flowers that are tubular, or trumpet-like or shiplike, etc.

castanifolia, chestnut leaved.

  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.