Catalpa longissima

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Catalpa longissima

Description

Tree up to 30 m, occasionally deciduous. Flowers in small panicles, white, pinkish on the lobes, yellow in mouth with purple markings, 2½-3 cm long. Capsule 35-75 cm by 4 mm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines), Guam, Hispaniola present, Jamaica present, Lamao For. Res, Luzon, Martinique present, Pacific: Marianas, Saipan
Jamaica, Hispaniola, Martinique, introduced for ornamental or forestry purposes in other tropics, e.g. in the Marianas (Guam, Saipan) and the Philippines (Luzon: Lamao For. Res.).

Citation

SANDWITH 1937 – In: Rec. Trav. Bot. Néerl.: 228
LITTLE Jr. 1974: p. 890. – In: Trees Puerto Rico & Virgin Is.: f. 700
SIMS 1808: Bot. Mag.: t. 1094
ADAMS 1972: Fl. Pl. Jamaica: 669