Taxon:
Handroanthus billbergii (Bureau & K. Schum.) S. Grose subsp. billbergii
Summary
Verified:
04/02/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Spanish (Venezuela)
curarira – pui – puy –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Aruba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | Granma | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | Bonaire | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | Curacao | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | n. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | n. |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Aruba, Netherlands Antilles [Bonaire, Curacao], Cuba [Granma]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela (n.)
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia (n.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | wood | timber & handicrafts fide F Neotrop 25(2):151. 1992, as Tabebuia billbergii subsp. billbergii | Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25:151. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ Note: = Tabebuia billbergii subsp. billbergii |