Common name: Yellow bells, Yellow trumpet, Yellow-Elder • Hindi: Piliya पीलिया • Kannada: Koranekelar • Tamil: Sonnapatti • Telugu: Pachagotla • Bengali: Chandaprabha • Marathi: Ghanti ful घंटी फुल
Botanical name: Tecoma stans Family: Bignoniaceae (jacaranda family)
Yellow bells was discovered by Greg Grant for it's early flowering, heat
tolerance, vigor, and pest resistance. The flowers are bright yellow in
color, 2 inches long with trumpet shape and hang in showy clusters at the
branch tips and forks, bending the twigs into arches with their weight,
hence the name Yellow Bells. It has a very long flowering season, from
early summer to late fall. This is a shrub or small tree that reaches
15-20 feet in height and can be pruned heavily after flowering to keep
it compact. The fruit on is a "bean type" capsule about 8 inches long
that ripens to a chocolate brown color.
| Photographed in Hauz Rani City
Forest, Delhi |
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