Tecoma Stans is a native flowering shrub of America which is also identified as Yellow Bells, Yellow Elder, Gold Star and Yellow Trumpetbush. Tecoma Stans or Yellow Bells belongs to Bignoniaceae family members. Tecoma Stans is cultivated as an ornamental plant in America, mostly in the warmer zones of America due to the fact it is a drought tolerant specie. The plant of Tecoma Stans is an irregularly shaped and deciduous shrub which is normally three-6 ft. tall and in some places, some of its varieties can obtain the height of 9 ft. There are a number of stems and slender, erect branches and its leaves are lance-shaped. Yellow Bells or Tecoma Stans is the national flower of Bahamas.
The flowers of Yellow Bells are quite bright and flamboyant which carry massive attraction for the insects, bees and hummingbirds. The cultivation of Yellow Bells or Tecoma Stans is rising day by day as it is a drought resistant and it has magnificent appearance.
Tecoma Stans produces a “bean kind” capsule which is practically 8 inches long and that ripens to a chocolate brown color. Some folks also name Tecoma Stans as Esperanza and now it has also been introduced outside the American continent. All round Tecoma Stans or Yellow Bells, the national flower of Bahamas demands lesser attention and consumes very low quantity of water.
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