Common name: trompetboom (NL), trompetbeam (Fryske) Northen Catalpa (EN)

Native range: United states

Pollination: Bees

Seed dispersal: Wind

Conservation: Least concern (IUCN, last assessed 2018)

The Northern catalpa’s name is derived from the Muscogee Native American tribe’s name for the tree “kutuhlpa”. This tree species has very large leaves and white flowers with distinctive yellow marks. It flowers between May and June, and the seeds ripen in October

USES:

• wood

The tree looks like this in winter

and the bark…

References and more information at:

Plants of the World (Kew Botanical Garden)

Plants for a future

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