Bignoniaceae

Dolichandrone spathacea (L.f.) K.Schum.

Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Dolichandrone

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Dolichandrone spathacea: Bignoniaceae in India — Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)

Bangla: গড়শিঙ্গা
Burmese: သခွတ်ပင်
Chinese: 大叶猫尾木, 海滨猫尾木, 海滨猫尾树, 海滨银角树
Malay: Tui
Malayalam: നീർപ്പൊങ്ങല്യം
shn: တူၼ်ႈမႆႉၵေးလူင်, မႆႉၵႄး
Tamil: வில்பாதிரி, நீர்பொங்கிலியம், வியர்பத்திரி
Thai: แคทะเล

Synonyms

Bignonia longissima Lour.
Bignonia spathacea L.f.
Dolichandrone longissima (Lour.) K.Schum.
Dolichandrone rheedei (Spreng.) Seem.
Pongelia longiflora Raf.
Spathodea diepenhorstii Miq.
Spathodea grandiflora Zipp. ex Span.
Spathodea longiflora P.Beauv.
Spathodea loureiroana DC.
Spathodea luzonica Blanco
Spathodea rheedei Spreng.
Spathodea rostrata Span.

Characteristics

In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: native

Photos

Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sayee Girdhari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sabarni Sarker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vengolis, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.