Plants shrubs to 4 m tall. Leaflets (3-)5-11, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 8-14 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, margins serrate, tips acuminate. Calyces about 7 mm long; corollas bright yellow, about 4 cm long, 5-lobed. Capsules 9-16.5 cm long, 0.5-0.7 cm wide; seeds about 2 cm long and 0.5 cm wide including the wing.
Tecoma stans is native to Tropical America but is frequently cultivated as an ornamental.