Tabebuia rosea

The rosy trumpet tree is in the bignonia or Bignoniaceae family and is distributed from southern México, to Venezuela and Ecuador. It is the national tree of El Salvador; it is commonly planted in parks and gardens and can reach up to 30 m tall.

• Leaves are compound, digitate and deciduous, each leaf having 5 leaflets of variable size and the middle one being the largest.
• Flowers are large, in various tones of pink to purple, and appear while the tree has very few leaves; flowering occurs mostly in January and February, and is generally associated with dry periods, although it also has been observed in August, September, April and May.
• Fruit is a long, slender capsule measuring up to 35 cm long and appearing from February through April.