Tabebuia cassinoides

Tabebuia cassinoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Tabebuia
Species: T. cassinoides
Binomial name
Tabebuia cassinoides
(Lam.) DC.
Synonyms[1]

Tabebuia cassinoides (Portuguese common name caixeta) is a tree native to Central and South America. It is used as a timber tree to make pencils.[2]

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