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Chicalá (Tecoma stans)
It is also known as Tinker bell, Chirlobirlo or Yellow Flower. Tecoma stans is an arboreal species belonging to the Bignoniaceae family. It is distributed in a fairly wide altitude range that ranges between 0 and 2800 meters above sea level, being found in Colombia in the departments of Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Quindío, Santander, Tolima. , Valley. (UNAL, 2021).
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPECIES
This species reaches up to 20 m in height, its leaves are compound and have a serrated margin, the bark is quite fissured gray, the flowers are quite striking yellow and are arranged at the end of the branches in large clusters, the Fruits are elongated dehiscent capsules that are green in their early stages of development and brown in their maturity stage.
ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
It is an undemanding species with respect to the environmental conditions it requires to establish itself in a site, it adapts well to stony or clayey soils, it is fast growing, its roots help loosen the soil and improve the edaphic conditions so that future species can settle in place more easily. Due to its abundant and very striking flowers, it is very attractive to attract dispersing and pollinating fauna.
ASSOCIATED FAUNA IN THE AREA
As mentioned above, Tecoma stans is highly attractive to birds, bees, and even some mammals. However, in Cundinamarca, it is highly visited by hummingbirds, species such as the Marbled Hummingbird ( Adelomyia melanogenys ) are quite common to see visiting its flowers (Castillo & Calderón, 2017).
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