| Accepted name: |
Catalpa bignonioides Walter |
| Synonym(s): |
-Bignonia catalpa L.
-Catalpa catalpa (L.) Karst.
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| English names: |
Common Catalpa
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| French names: |
Catalpa commun
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Bignoniaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WCATBI
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.1 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cultivated for wood production and as medicinal plant in Japan, escaped and naturalized in the USA (Connecticut to S Ontario, Ohio and Maryland). Fruit and bark contain a glycoside(1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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