Family: Bignoniaceae Scientific name: Tecoma stans Description: Plant Form Shrub or small tree. Size Up to 8 m tall. Stem Green and smooth ageing to pale, grooved grey-brown bark with conspicuous pale spots. Leaves In opposite pairs on branchlets, lance shaped 2.5-10 cm long, bright green above, paler underneath. Flowers Showy yellow trumpet-shaped 3.5-5 cm long in clusters at the branch tips or upper forks. Fruit and Seeds Long bean-like narrow pods 10-22 cm long green ripening to brown, with papery-winged flat seeds 2 cm long. Habitat Forest edges, riparian ares, dune scrub, agricultural land. Distinguishing Features Without lookalikes.