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Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth

Synonym	:	Bignonia frutescens Mill. ex A. DC.
Family	:	Bignoniaceae
Local name	:	English - Yellow Bells Malayalam - Manja arali
Flowering and fruiting period	:	December-April
Distribution	:	Native of South America; now widely cultivated
Distribution in Kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Grown as garden plant
Endemic/Exotic	:	Exotic
Uses	:	Ornamental purpose
Key botanical characters: Large shrub to small trees, glabrous. Leaves opposite, pinnate, with 3-7 leaflets; leaflets elliptic to elliptic-ovate. Flowers in short terminal panicles, bright yellow, fragrant. Calyx tubular-campanulate, lobes triangular, acuminate, ciliolate. Corolla tube abruptly contracted at the base, sparse pubescent within and glandulose towards the base; lobes subequal. Stamens included; filaments of longer stamens curved, base glandulose; anther cells 2, linear, pubescent; staminodes filiform, 5-6. Disc shallow cupular, 5-lobed, fleshy. Ovary elongated, minutely papillose. stigma 2-lobed, lobes oval to ovoid. Fruit capsule; Seeds orbicular-compressed.