Bignoniaceae
Chinese catalpa
Catalpa ovata
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Catalpa
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- كتلبة بيضوية
- Armenian
- Կատալպա ձվաձև
- arz
- كتلبه بيضويه
- azb
- یومورتاواری کاتالپا
- Azerbaijani
- Yumurtavari katalpa
- Chinese
- 梓树, 梓樹, 木角豆, 梓, 梓叶, 梓实, 梓木, 梓白皮
- Czech
- Katalpa vejčitá
- English
- Chinese catalpa
- Hungarian
- Karéjos levelű szivarfa
- Japanese
- キササゲ, アメリカキササゲ, オオアメリカキササゲ, キササゲ属, シジツ, トウキササゲ, ハナキササゲ, 梓実
- Korean
- 개오동, 개오동나무, 노끈나무, 향오동, 향오동나무
- lzh
- 梓
- mnc
- ᠴᠣᠯᡥᠣ ᠮᠣᠣ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kinatrompettre
- Polish
- Surmia żółtokwiatowa
- Serbian
- Жута каталпа, Кинеска каталпа
- Swedish
- Kinesisk katalpa
Synonyms
- Catalpa bignonioides var. kaempferi DC.
- Catalpa bungei Dippel
- Catalpa henryi Dode
- Catalpa himalayaca Dippel
- Catalpa himalayensis Dippel
- Catalpa kaempferi (DC.) Siebold & Zucc.
- Catalpa nana Dippel
- Catalpa ovata f. flavescens (Bean) Rehder
- Catalpa ovata var. flavescens Bean
- Catalpa wallichiana Beck & Abel
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 18 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Chinese catalpa: 梓樹 Catalpa ovata [倫敦植物園 Kew Gardens, London]](/plants/catalpa-ovata/photos/07c17c87967bf4c8-l.webp)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peter coxhead, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bastus917, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bastus917, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Victor Grigas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.