Description: This tree grows about 25 meters high and has white or pink flowers. The wood is hard and resistant, brown in color with dark veins and is used for common work, poles, beams, carpentry, joinery and construction.
Catalpa longĂsima. Trumpet tree, Roble de Olor, Yokewood.
This tree grows about 25 meters high and has white or pink flowers. The wood is hard and resistant, brown in color with dark veins and is used for common work, poles, beams, carpentry, joinery and construction. The bark of this plant has medicinal uses and the flowers are tasty.
It provides dense shade, catalpas are a favorite habitat for numerous birds, with good protection from rain and wind.
The tree is the plant food for the caterpillar of the Catalpa sphinx ( Ceratomia catalpae ).