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Tabebuia pallida (Lindl.) Miers

Cedar; White cedar (Lesser Antilles)

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Cedar; White cedar (Lesser Antilles)
Français Pourier; Pourier blanc; calice du pape; poirier-pays, pwayé (blan) (Antilles françaises)
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Anguilla; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; Grenadines; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Saint Lucia; St. Vincent; Thailand [I]; Marshall Isl. [I] (Kwajalein [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I], Truk [I], Moen [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Mauritius [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] [c] (Juan de Nova Isl. [c])
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Bignoniaceae
Genus Tabebuia
Species pallida
Author citation (Lindl.) Miers
Scientific name Tabebuia pallida (Lindl.) Miers

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Cedar;  White cedar (Lesser Antilles)

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Cedar;  White cedar (Lesser Antilles)

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Flowers

Cedar;  White cedar (Lesser Antilles)

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson