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Catalpa bignonioides Walter

Southern catalpa (en), Arbre aux haricots (fr), Catalpa fausse bignone (fr), Catalpa (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Catalpa

Characteristics

Tree to 15 m, with short trunk and widely spreading branches; lvs barely short-acuminate; infls to 3 dm; cor more conspicuously purple-spotted, the limb 3-4 cm wide; fr more slender, 6-10 mm thick, with a thin flat partition; seed-wings gradually narrowed to the end and with a narrow tuft of short hairs; otherwise as in no. 1 [Catalpa speciosa Warder]; 2n=40. Native of s. U.S., occasionally escaped from cult. in our range.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 7.0
Mature height (meter) 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.9
Root diameter (meter) 0.5
Flower color
Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rich moist soils by the sides of streams and rivers.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 2-7
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal ornamental poison wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Abrasion (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Poultice (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, graftings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Catalpa bignonioides habit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Catalpa bignonioides habit picture by Barvová Soňa (cc-by-sa)
Catalpa bignonioides habit picture by Eli Small (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Catalpa bignonioides leaf picture by Jannis Ackermann (cc-by-sa)
Catalpa bignonioides leaf picture by Kai Best (cc-by-sa)
Catalpa bignonioides leaf picture by Horst Umlauf (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Catalpa bignonioides flower picture by Uschi Grünenwald (cc-by-sa)
Catalpa bignonioides flower picture by Hela Vejvarová (cc-by-sa)
Catalpa bignonioides flower picture by Remis Míra (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Catalpa bignonioides fruit picture by Eliane Schneider (cc-by-sa)
Catalpa bignonioides fruit picture by Iva Michaliková (cc-by-sa)
Catalpa bignonioides fruit picture by Alexander L (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Catalpa bignonioides world distribution map, present in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, France, Croatia, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Pakistan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:109142-1
WFO ID wfo-0000781866
COL ID RRY6
BDTFX ID 14781
INPN ID 89323
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Catalpa bignonioides f. variegata Bignonia spectabilis Catalpa communis Catalpa cordifolia Catalpa tibetica Catalpium amena Bignonia catalpa Catalpa catalpa Catalpa cordifolia Catalpa syringifolia Catalpa ternifolia Catalpa umbraculifera Catalpa syringifolia var. koehnei Catalpa bignonioides f. aurea Catalpa bignonioides f. koehnei Catalpa bignonioides f. nana Catalpa bignonioides f. pulverulenta Catalpa bignonioides f. rehderi Catalpa arborea Catalpa bignonioides var. aurea Catalpa bignonioides var. variegata Catalpa bignonioides
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