• Family : BIGNONIACEAE
  (Bignonia Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NEELI GULMOHUR FAMILY (नीली गुलमोहर फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BIGNONIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth
• Common name : Yellow bells, Trumpet-flower, Yellow Elder
• Vernacular name : Gaudichaudi (Kannada); Svernapatti, Manjarali (Tamil); Pachagotla, Pasupu ganneru, Ganta ganneru, Swarna puvvu, Suvarna ganneru (Telugu); Manja arali (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Comments / notes : Ornamental shrub planted in gardens. Escape from plantation
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
• Native : America
• World Distribution : Widely cultivated
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tecoma stans. Downloaded on 3 June 2025.

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