Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderLamiales
FamilyBignoniaceae
GenusTabebuia
Scientific name with authorshipTabebuia heterophylla (DC.) Britton
Indexed scientific synonyms
Bignonia leucoxylon L.Bignonia pentaphylla L.Handroanthus pentaphyllus MattosLeucoxylon acuminata Raf.Leucoxylon riparia Raf.Pilocarpus heterophyllus (DC.) A.GrayRaputia heterophylla DC.Tabebuia arenicola BrittonTabebuia beyeri Urb. & EkmanTabebuia brigandina Urb. & EkmanTabebuia camagueyensis Britton & P.WilsonTabebuia capotei BorhidiTabebuia curtissii (Britton) BrittonTabebuia dictyophylla Urb.Tabebuia geronensis BrittonTabebuia gonavensis Urb.Tabebuia heterophylla subsp. genuina StehléTabebuia heterophylla subsp. pentaphylla StehléTabebuia leptopoda Urb.Tabebuia lindahlii Urb. & EkmanTabebuia lucida BrittonTabebuia pallida subsp. heterophylla (DC.) StehléTabebuia pallida subsp. pentaphylla (Hemsl.) StehléTabebuia pentaphylla Hemsl.Tabebuia riparia (Raf.) SandwithTabebuia triphylla DC.Tecoma eggersii Kraenzl.Tecoma pentaphylla (L.) A.DC.Tecoma pentaphylla (L.) Juss.Juss.Tecoma triphylla Mart.Tecoma triphylla Mart. ex DC.
Documented use categories
Medicine
Environmental use
Material
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier248689-2
Use codesEU MA ME
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
Kew Economic Botany CollectionUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2SEPASAL
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!Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.