Basant Rani / Trumpet Tree
Tabebuia rosea
Also known as Rose Trumpet
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- December-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tabebuia rosea
- Genus
- Tabebuia
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- Venezuela
- Distribution
- Cultivated in Tropics
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Recorded for Basant Rani.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Bignoniaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बसंत रानी Basant rani
Basant Rani in India
The pink trumpet tree has become a celebrated flowering avenue tree in Indian cities — बसंत रानी Basant rani (Hindi). Native to tropical America, Tabebuia rosea is planted across Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, drawing crowds when whole streets bloom pink at once.
Uses
It is grown as an ornamental and avenue tree, valued for the spectacular flush of pink trumpet flowers that often appears when the tree is nearly leafless. It provides light shade and is increasingly popular in urban landscaping across India.
How to Identify Basant Rani
A medium tree with leaves divided palmately into five leaflets, like fingers from a hand. After a brief leafless spell it covers itself in clusters of large, pink-to-pale-lilac trumpet-shaped flowers with a paler throat, followed by long, slender bean-like pods.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Trumpet tree called in different Indian languages?
- बसंत रानी Basant rani (Hindi).
- When does the pink trumpet tree flower?
- It typically flowers in the cooler, drier months, often around winter, when a near-leafless tree bursts into pink trumpet blooms.
- Is Tabebuia rosea native to India?
- No — it comes from tropical America, but it is now widely planted as a flowering avenue tree in Indian cities.
Bignoniaceae
Trumpet vine family
Basant Rani belongs to the Bignoniaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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View all Bignoniaceae →Sources: GBIF — Tabebuia rosea (India distribution & vernacular names) (CC BY 4.0) · iNaturalist — Tabebuia rosea (regional names, India observations) (CC BY 4.0) · Wikipedia — Tabebuia rosea (background/comprehension only) (CC BY-SA 4.0)