🔍 Pink Trumpet Tree | Tabebuia rosea 🌸
📍 Sabana, San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
💬 Despite its delicate pink blooms, the Rosy Trumpet Tree is remarkably tough — it can survive drought, poor soils, and urban pollution, making it a favorite street tree across tropical cities. In Costa Rica, its spectacular flowering often happens when the tree is completely leafless, turning entire avenues into walls of pink!
Flora
Pink Trumpet Tree
// Basic ID
Conservation Status
Least Concern
Other Common Names
Rosy Trumpet Tree, Pink Poui, Pink Trumpet Tree
Plant Type
Deciduous tree
Flower / Leaf Color
Pink to lavender-pink flowers; dark green compound leaves
Lifespan
Perennial; lives several decades
// Size
Height
Up to 30 m (98 ft)
Spread
Up to 20 m (66 ft)
// Habitat & Behavior
Uses
Ornamental, urban forestry, traditional medicine, timber
Wildlife Attraction
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Native Region
Mexico, Central America, and northern South America
Current Distribution
Widely planted throughout tropical and subtropical regions worldwide
Habitat
Tropical dry and moist forests, urban environments, roadsides
Sources: IUCN Red List · Plants of the World Online · USDA PLANTS Database · Encyclopedia of Life