Catalpa bungei

Manchurian catalpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Catalpa
Species:	C. bungei
Binomial name
	Catalpa bungei; C.A.Mey.

Catalpa bungei, commonly known as Manchurian catalpa, is a species of catalpa native to China. The specific epithet honors the botanist Alexander Bunge, who collected the specimens that Carl Anton von Meyer later described.^[1] The flowers are arranged in a corymb and are densely spotted with pink. It is cultivated in China, along with C. ovata, for its wood (known as "qui wood" or "chu wood") and as an ornamental tree.^[1]

References

1 2 Olsen, Richard T.; Kirkbride, Jr., Joseph H. (2010). "Manchurian Catalpa" (PDF). Arnoldia, The Magazine of the Arnold Arboretum. 68 (2): 75. Retrieved 27 May 2013.

External links

USDA Plants Profile: Catalpa bungei
Media related to Catalpa bungei at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Catalpa bungei at Wikispecies

Manchurian catalpa in bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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[arnoldia-1] 1 2 Olsen, Richard T.; Kirkbride, Jr., Joseph H. (2010). "Manchurian Catalpa" (PDF). Arnoldia, The Magazine of the Arnold Arboretum. 68 (2): 75. Retrieved 27 May 2013.