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Catalpa bignonioides Walter

Catalpa; Bean Tree; Cigar Tree; Cigartree; Indian-bean-tree; Southern catalpa; catawba; catalpa (common; hardy; western); Shawnee wood; Indian bean; Indian cigar; smoking bean (US)

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
English Catalpa; Bean Tree; Cigar Tree; Cigartree; Indian-bean-tree; Southern catalpa; catawba; catalpa (common; hardy; western); Shawnee wood; Indian bean; Indian cigar; smoking bean (US)
Français Bois Shavanon; bois puant; Arbre aux haricots, Catalpa boule; Catalpa commun
Italiano Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
Suomi Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
Norsk Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
Čeština Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
Español Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
Svenska Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
Polski Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
Український Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
Român Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
Русский Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
Български Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
EESTI Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
日本語 Gewöhnliche Trompetenbaum
Other names

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque
Hough

Origin

States and Territories USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia); Canada (Ontario); European Russia [I]; Northern Caucasus [I]; Transcaucasus [I]; Kazakhstan [I]; trop. Africa [I]; Italy [I]; Slovenia [I]; Hungary [I]; Croatia [I]; Slovakia [I]; Bosnia & Hercegovina [I]; Germany [I]; India [I]; Pakistan [I]; Venezuela [c]; South Korea [I]; Tajikistan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; New Zealand [I]
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Bignoniaceae
Genus Catalpa
Species bignonioides
Author citation Walter
Scientific name Catalpa bignonioides Walter

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers ringporig/halbringporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/bigcabig.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun/hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 350.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 450.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Catalpa;  Bean Tree;  Cigar Tree;  Cigartree;  Indian-bean-tree;  Southern catalpa;  catawba;  catalpa (common;  hardy;  western);  Shawnee wood;  Indian bean;  Indian cigar;  smoking bean (US)

Hough

Bark

Catalpa;  Bean Tree;  Cigar Tree;  Cigartree;  Indian-bean-tree;  Southern catalpa;  catawba;  catalpa (common;  hardy;  western);  Shawnee wood;  Indian bean;  Indian cigar;  smoking bean (US)

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Catalpa;  Bean Tree;  Cigar Tree;  Cigartree;  Indian-bean-tree;  Southern catalpa;  catawba;  catalpa (common;  hardy;  western);  Shawnee wood;  Indian bean;  Indian cigar;  smoking bean (US)

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson