WorldFloraDB - Catalpa longissima

Characteristics

Tree up to 30 m, occasionally deciduous. Petioles slender; blades ovate-lanceolate, acute, (3—)5—11 by (l½-)2-4cm. Flowers in small panicles, white, pinkish on the lobes, yellow in mouth with purple markings, 2½-3 cm long. Calyx 2-cleft. Capsule 35-75 cm by 4 mm.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

27.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Dry lowland woodland. Dry coastal plains of the south and southeast sides of Jamaica, and along sandy river banks, usually at elevations lower than 300 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use material medicinal timber wood
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Blennorrhagia (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°)	15 - 21
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	1
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77176826-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000781910
COL ID	99H65
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	629281
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Bignonia quercus Bignonia pseudoquercus Bignonia longissima Bignonia tenuisiliqua Catalpa longisiliqua Catalpa longissima Bignonia longisiliqua Macrocatalpa longissima

WorldFloraDB 2024

Catalpa longissima (Jacq.) Dum.Cours.

Yokewood (en), Chêne noir (fr)

Species