Tabebuia cassinoides

Tabebuia cassinoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Tabebuia
Species:	T. cassinoides
Binomial name
Tabebuia cassinoides (Lam.) DC.
Synonyms[1]
List Bignonia cassinoides Lam. Bignonia obtusifolia Lam. Bignonia tabebuya Vell. Bignonia uliginosa Gomes Catalpa cassinoides (Lam.) Spreng. Proterpia obtusifolia (Lam.) Raf. Spathodea magnolioides Cham. Tabebuia magnolioides (Cham.) Miers Tabebuia uliginosa (Gomes) DC. Tabebuia uliginosa (Gomes) A. DC. Tecoma uliginosa Mart. ex DC.

Tabebuia cassinoides (Portuguese common name caixeta) is a tree native to Central and South America. It is used as a timber tree to make pencils.^[2]

References

1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved June 3, 2014.
2. (Portuguese) Tabebuia cassinoides at Globo Rural magazine

See also

• List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil