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Pale Pink Trumpet Tree

Tabebuia pallida

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About Pale Pink Trumpet Tree

Pale Pink Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia pallida) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Its checklist classification is naturalized; current extent is unassessed. Native to the Lesser Antilles in wet-tropical forest and secondary vegetation. Abundant lightweight seeds allow wind dispersal into open sites. Bishop Museum and Smithsonian document naturalized Kauaʻi occurrence; present extent and ecological effects are not quantified.

Kauaʻi evidence

Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.

Names and classification

Scientific name: Tabebuia pallida
Common names: Pale Pink Trumpet Tree · Cuban pink trumpet tree
Other names: Tabebuia pallida · Pale pink trumpet tree · Cuban pink trumpet tree · Bignonia pallida
Record type: Species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence: Recorded on Kauaʻi
Origin: Introduced
Conservation status: Not yet assessed
Evidence date: 2026-10-06
Evidence limits: Present island-wide abundance, occupied habitat, recruitment, population trend, and ecological effects have not been quantified; no invasive severity is inferred from checklist, Polynesian-introduction, forestry, or planting status.

Habitat and ecology

Habitats: Not yet assessed
Food and resource needs: Not yet assessed
Reproduction: Animal-pollinated trumpet flowers mature into long capsules that split to release many wind-borne seeds. Local pollinators, dispersal distances, and recruitment rates are unmeasured.
Shelter: Not yet assessed
Growth form: Tree

Threats and conservation

Monitoring: Not yet assessed
Data gaps: Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal timing: Not yet assessed
Seasonal description: Pale Pink Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia pallida) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Its checklist classification is naturalized; current extent is unassessed. Native to the Lesser Antilles in wet-tropical forest and secondary vegetation. Abundant lightweight seeds allow wind dispersal into open sites. Bishop Museum and Smithsonian document naturalized Kauaʻi occurrence; present extent and ecological effects are not quantified.

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