Tabebuia
Tabebuia tree, known as Ipê-amarelo (yellow ipê) in Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Bignoniaceae Genus: Tabebuia Gomez
Species
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Tabebuia impetiginosa flowers

Tabebuia is a Neotropical genus of about 100 species in the tribe Tecomeae of the family Bignoniaceae. The species range from northern Mexico and the Antilles south to northern Argentina. Most species are on the islands of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Cuba. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Neotropical or Neotropic relates to a biogeographical region in the New World, bordered in the north by the dry areas in Mexico and the southern states of the USA. in the south by southern Patagonia. ... For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... Genera See text The Family Bignoniaceae, or trumpet creeper family, is a taxon of flowering plants comprised mainly of trees, shrubs, lianas, and a few herbs. ... The Antilles (the same in French; Antillas in Spanish; Antillen in Dutch) refers to the islands forming the greater part of the West Indies in the Caribbean. ... Early map of Hispaniola The island of Hispaniola (from Spanish, La Española) is the second-largest island of the Antilles, lying between the islands of Cuba to the west, and Puerto Rico to the east. ...

They are large shrubs and trees growing to 5 to 50 m (16 to 32 ft) tall depending on the species; many species are dry-season deciduous but some are evergreen. The leaves are opposite pairs, simple or palmately compound with 3-7 leaflets. The flowers are 3 to 11 cm (1 to 4 in) wide, produced in dense clusters; color varies between species, either red, yellow, pink, or white. The fruit is a pod 10 to 50 cm (4 to 20 in)long, containing numerous winged seeds; the pods often remain on the tree through winter. A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... The dry season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics. ... Deciduous means temporary or tending to fall off (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off) and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... “Foliage” redirects here. ... A Phalaenopsis flower Rudbeckia fulgida A flower, (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). ... For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... A ripe red jalapeño cut open to show the seeds For other uses, see Seed (disambiguation). ...

Species in this genus are important as timber trees and as ornamentals because of their showy flowers. Many flower on leafless stems at the end of the dry season, making the floral display more conspicuous. Timber in storage for later processing at a sawmill Timber is a term used to describe wood, either standing or that has been processed for use—from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use—as structural material for construction or wood...

The bark of several species is used medicinally (particularly the Inner Bark of Tabebuia impetiginosa also known as Lapacho or Taheebo). The inner bark is dried, shredded and then boiled making a bitter- or sour-tasting brownish-colored tea. However, the unpleasant taste of this herbal remedy is lessened by taking it in pill form. The herbal remedy is typically used during flu and cold season and for "curing" smoker's cough. The Pau d' Arco herbal remedy apparently works by promoting the lungs to "cough up" and free deeply embedded mucus and contaminates during the first three to ten days of treatment. Since the contaminates and mucus do not "magically" disappear, the first week or two of treatment can sometimes be confused as a worsening of the lungs due to a noticeable increase of Phlegm being coughed up. For other meanings of bark, see Bark (disambiguation). ... Lapacho tea is made from the inner bark of the Tabeuia avallanedoe. ... Mucus is a slippery secretion of the lining of various membranes in the body (mucous membranes). ... Phlegm (pronounced ) is sticky fluid secreted by the typhoid membranes of animals. ...

The wood is used for furniture, decking, and other outdoor uses. It has a fire rating of A1 (the highest possible, the same as concrete) [1], and is denser than water (it sinks). It is increasingly popular as a decking material due to its insect resistance and durability. Deck may mean: deck (ship), a floor or level of a ship a floor or level of other types of vehicles, most commonly seen in combination: double decker flight deck (aircraft) deck (building), an outdoor floor attached to a building deck (cards), a collection of cards, such playing cards or...

The demand for ipê has risen dramatically in recent years, especially in the United States. The US is now the largest importer of ipê from Brazil and ipê has become Brazil's largest timber export.^{[citation needed]} By the 1990s, numerous environmental organizations working on preservation of the Amazon reported that about 80% of logging in the Brazilian Amazon was illegal. The Brazilian government has confirmed this figure, most notably in a ‘leaked’ report from the Brazilian intelligence agency, the Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos (SAE) or Strategic Affairs Secretariat, in which it was confirmed that five times the amount of wood sanctioned to be cut from legal Amazon concessions was being exported and that numerous staff of the environment agency, IBAMA, were taking bribes. In one Greenpeace report, The Santarém Five and Illegal Logging — A Case Study, five companies were reported to be logging illegally in the region around Santarém, Pará. At that time exports from that region were most notably going to the Netherlands and France. Ipê was among the illegal exports. Map of the Amazon rainforest ecoregions as delineated by the WWF. Yellow line encloses the Amazon rainforest. ... Amazon can refer to The Amazon River Amazon Rainforest Amazon (people) Ancient women warriors A female gladiator. ... IBAMA is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environments enforcement agency. ... Greenpeace protest against Esso / Exxon Mobil. ... Santarém is a city in the state of Pará in Brazil. ...

Much of the ipê imported into the US is used for decking. Starting in the late 1960s, importing companies targeted large boardwalk projects to sell ipê, beginning with New York City Parks and Recreation (“Parks”) which maintains the city’s boardwalk, including along the beach of Coney Island. The city began using ipê around that time and has since converted the entire boardwalk — over 10 miles (16 km) long — to ipê. The ipê lasted about 25 years, at which time (1994), Parks has been replacing it with new ipê. United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... Deck may mean: deck (ship), a floor or level of a ship a floor or level of other types of vehicles, most commonly seen in combination: double decker flight deck (aircraft) deck (building), an outdoor floor attached to a building deck (cards), a collection of cards, such playing cards or... Photograph of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ, USA, taken August 2003. ... The Beach in Calella, Spain. ... For other uses, see Coney Island (disambiguation). ... Photograph of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ, USA, taken August 2003. ... A year (from Old English gÄ“r) is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. ...

NYC Parks and now many other municipal governments, order ipê for boardwalks most often as 2x4 inch beams, in lengths exceeding 10 feet (3 m) and as FAS (first and second) grade, four-sides-clear (all four sides of the beam must be free of knots or defects for the entire length of the board). Only a small portion of the lumber milled from an ipê tree will meet this standard. Given that ipê trees typically grow in densities of only one or two trees per acre, large areas of forest must be logged to fill orders for boardwalks and, to a lesser extent, homeowner decks. A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Culver Summer School for Girls(the female section of Culver Summer Camps) is divided into six separate decks. ...

A Rainforest Relief report, Deep Impact, stated that average yields are 76 board feet per acre (44 m³/km²) of FEQ (first export quality — FAS four-side-clear) grade ipê over seven feet (2.1 m) in length. Typically, wooden boardwalks are composed of 30,000 to 40,000 board feet (70 to 90 m³) per city block. For New York City’s 10 miles (16 km) of boardwalk, this would yield an estimate of 83,360 acres (337 km²) of Amazon rainforest logged. New York, NY redirects here. ... Amazon can refer to The Amazon River Amazon Rainforest Amazon (people) Ancient women warriors A female gladiator. ... The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia. ...

FSC-certified ipê wood is now (as of 2007) readily available on the market. FSC (in Polish Fabryka Samochodów Ci&#281;&#380;arowych) was a large automotive factory established in Poland while it was part of the Soviet block. ...

• Tabebuia alba (Cham.) Sandw. (syn.: Tecoma alba Cham, Handroanthus albus (Cham.) Mattos) - Brazil
• Tabebuia avellanedae Lor. ex Griseb. (Pink Ipê, Ipê-roxo, Paud'arco-roxo, Ipê-roxo-damata, Ipê-reto, Ipê-rosa, Ipê-comum, Ipê-cavatã, Lapacho, Peúva, and Piúva ; syn. Tecoma ipe Mart. ex K. Schm., Tecoma avellandedae (Lor. ex Griseb.) Spreg., Handroanthus avellanedae (Lor. ex Griseb.) Mattos, Tabebuia ipe (Mart.) Standl.) from South America, is native of Brazil; bark is used as a medicinal herb
• Tabebuia caraiba (Mart.) Bur. (syn.: Tecoma argentea Bur. et K. Sch., Tecoma caraiba Mart., Tecoma caraiba var. squamellulosa (DC.) Bur. et K. Sch., Tecoma squamellulosa DC., and Handroanthus caraiba (Mart.) Mattos)
• Tabebuia cassinoides
• Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nichols. (Araguaney) from northern South America, is the national tree of Venezuela. The flowers are yellow. In northern Colombia is known as cañaguate.[2]
• Tabebuia chrysotricha (Mart. ex DC.) Standl. (Golden Trumpet Tree; syn T. flavescens, T. pedicellata), from Brazil; golden-yellow to red flowers.
• Tabebuia donnell-smithii Rose (Prima vera or Gold tree), a native of Mexico and Central Americas, is considered one of the most colorful of all trees. The leaves are deciduous. Masses of golden-yellow flowers cover the crown after the leaves are shed.
• Tabebuia dura
• Tabebuia heptaphylla
• Tabebuia impetiginosa (Pau d'arco), bark used as a medicinal herb
• Tabebuia ochracea
• Tabebuia rosea (A.P. de Candolle) Britton (Pink Poui, Pink tecoma or Apama or Apamate; syn. T. pentaphylla (L.) Hemsley, widely but incorrectly applied to this species) is a popular street tree in tropical cities because of its multi-annular masses of light pink flowers and modest size. The roots are not especially aggressive towards roads and sidewalks. It is native of Brazil
• Tabebuia roseo-alba
• Tabebuia serratifolia (Yellow Poui, Ipê, Pau d'arco, Ipê roxo, or Lapacho) is a commercially farmed hardwood notable for its extreme hardness and resistance to fire and pests. Its inner bark is used as a treatment for fungal infections.
• Tabebuia umbellata
• Tabebuia vellosoi

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References

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Tabebuia

• Lorenzi, H. (1992). Árvores brasileiras: manual de identificação e cultivo de plantas arbóreas nativas do Brasil. Plantarum (in Portuguese).
• Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.
• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Tabebuia
• Política Florestal: Exploração Madeireira na Amazônica. Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos (SAE). April 1997.
• Marquesini, M. and Edwards, G., 2001. The Santarem Five and Illegal Logging — A Case Study, Greenpeace Amazon, October, 2001.
• Keating, T., 1998. Deep Impact: An Estimate of Tropical Rainforest Acres Impacted for a Board Foot of Imported Ipê, Rainforest Relief, New York.

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External links

• Pau d'Arco and yeast infections
• The Santarem Five and Illegal Logging — A Case Study
• Deep Impact — An Estimate of Tropical Rainforest Acres Impacted for a Board Foot of Imported Ipê
• New York City's use of tropical hardwoods

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