Flowering · Hardwood
Guayacan trumpet
Handroanthus guayacan (Seem.) S.O.Grose
Southern Mexico to Peru
Fun factChurchgoers in Panama believed a cathedral sculpture of Saint Andrew was carved from guayacan; Smithsonian wood anatomists examined it under the microscope and found its features matched Handroanthus, most closely guayacan.
A tall canopy tree of the trumpet-tree family, native to wet tropical forest from Mexico to Peru. Like its relatives it flowers in a burst of trumpet-shaped blossoms that appear ahead of the leaves, and the yellow-flowered trumpet trees to which it belongs were moved from Tabebuia to Handroanthus in 2007. Its dense wood has long been valued in Panama, where a cathedral sculpture of Saint Andrew was confirmed by microscopic analysis to be carved from Handroanthus wood most similar to guayacan.
Sourced · see Record tab
3on the estate
2carrying a tag
0sponsored
FamilyBignoniaceae
Spanish nameRoble Primavera
Also known asGuayacan trumpet tree, Guayacan, Guayacán, Roble Primavera
Native toSouthern Mexico through Central America (including Costa Rica and Panama) to Colombia, Venezuela and Peru
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 354 | NW Forest | — | — | Planted | — | |
| 370 | NW Forest | — | 5 July 2019 | Planted | — | Hardwood, Oak, yellow flowers. Precio 2 or Hardwood 70m H, 3m D, Large tall, Forest |
| — | Home Entrance Driveway | — | — | Planted | — |
1 of these has no tag yet; it will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.