Kingdom Plantae Family Bignoniaceae Scientific name Catalpa bungei | Order Lamiales Genus Catalpa Rank Species | |
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Similar Catalpa ovata, Catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, Catalpa speciosa, Bignoniaceae | ||
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. 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.
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