Bignoniaceae
Catalpa

Catalpa longissima (Jacq.) Dum.Cours.

First published in Bot. Cult. 2: 190 (1801)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Hispaniola, Jamaica. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Descriptions

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 1000 - 1500 m.; Andes, Valle del Cauca.
Morphology General Habit
Árbol
[CPLC]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
catalpa, crispetas
[UNAL]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1000–1500 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Tree.
[UPFC]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular
YOKE WOOD
Morphology General Habit
Tree to 25 m tall or more
Morphology Leaves
Leaves with slender petioles mostly 1–3.5 cm long, the blades usually ovate-lanceolate, mostly 5–12 cm long, 2–4.5 cm broad, the apex long-acute to acuminate, the base rounded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx campanulate, 2-lobed to the base, 4–7 mm long; corolla mostly white but pinkish on the lobes and yellow in the throat with fine purple lines, 25–30 mm long; stamens included
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit very slender, mostly 30–75 cm long, 2–4 mm in diameter; seeds 7–10 mm wide including the tapering wings, silky pubescent.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. George Town. Hispaniola, Jamaica; introduced in the Lesser Antilles.
[Cayman]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

unknown
yokewood

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0