Common Name:
Catalpa
A small genus of 11 species of deciduous, flowering trees, mostly wide spreading. Leaves are large, opposite or in whorls of 3, entire or shallowly 3-lobed, with red glandular spots on the lower surface. Foxglove-like flowers are borne in conspicuous clusters (panicles). Fruit is cylindrical, pendulous, persistent, and contains abundant flat seeds. Native to North America, Cuba, and southwest China.
Catalpa: apparently from Catawba, the name used by Native Americans of Georgia and Carolina for this plant.
Pronunciation:
ka-TAL-pa
Family:
Bignoniaceae