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Common name: Narrow-leaf yellow bells, Yellow trumpet flower, Piliya पीलिया (Hindi)
Botanical name: Tecoma stans var. angustata Family: Bignoniaceae (jacaranda family)
Yellow trumpet flower is a variety of Tecoma stans, the Yellow Bells. It has narrower and lacy leaflets
which are more deeply toothed. The name angustata means narrowed.
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.
Identification credit: Akhila Sinha & Mahadeswara Swamy
| Photographed in Garden of Five
Senses, Delhi |
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