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Catalpa longissima (Jacq.) Dum.Cours.

Bignoniaceae

SE North America (Jamaica, Hispaniola, Guadeloupe, Martinique) int Oceania

hel calc neut->basi

dr (leaves are used in a decoction for fever, dysentery, hemorrhoids and respiratory problems) fw (fuel) ma sa (shade tree) ti (beams, fishing boats, furniture, poles for the pouring of concrete ceiling and multi-story buildings, posts, rafters, rural house construction, woodcarvings)

Bignonia longisiliqua Jacq. non Vell. non Bertero Bignonia longissima Jacq. Bignonia pseudo-quercus Tuss. Bignonia quercus Lam. Bignonia tenuisiliqua Vahl Catalpa longisiliqua Cham. Catalpa longissima (Jacq.) Sims Macrocatalpa longissima (Jacq.) Britton

Haiti catalpa; French-oak (Jamaica); Haitian catalpa (Puerto Rico); Haitian oak (USA); Jamaica-oak, mass wood, mast-wood, mastwood, yoke wood, yokewood (Jamaica)

catalpa radégonde; bois chêne (Dominican Republic, Haiti); bois chien (Dominican Republic); bois-radégonde; chêne (Dominican Republic, Haiti); chêne d'Amérique (Martinique); chêne haïtien (Dominican Republic, Haiti); chêne noir p.p. (Haiti, Martinique); chêne noir-pays; chenier (Dominican Republic, Haiti); poix doux marron, radégonde (Martinique)

pendola, roble, roble de color, roble de olor (Dominican Republic); roble dominicano (Puerto Rico); roble prieto, roble tubano (Dominican Republic)

bwa chenn, chenn, chenn nwa, chenn peyi (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Catalpa longissima (Jacq.) Dum.Cours.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Jamaica, Hispaniola, Guadeloupe, Martinique) int Oceania
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel calc neut->basi
Use	dr (leaves are used in a decoction for fever, dysentery, hemorrhoids and respiratory problems) fw (fuel) ma sa (shade tree) ti (beams, fishing boats, furniture, poles for the pouring of concrete ceiling and multi-story buildings, posts, rafters, rural house construction, woodcarvings)
Synonym	Bignonia longisiliqua Jacq. non Vell. non Bertero Bignonia longissima Jacq. Bignonia pseudo-quercus Tuss. Bignonia quercus Lam. Bignonia tenuisiliqua Vahl Catalpa longisiliqua Cham. Catalpa longissima (Jacq.) Sims Macrocatalpa longissima (Jacq.) Britton
English name	Haiti catalpa; French-oak (Jamaica); Haitian catalpa (Puerto Rico); Haitian oak (USA); Jamaica-oak, mass wood, mast-wood, mastwood, yoke wood, yokewood (Jamaica)
French name	catalpa radégonde; bois chêne (Dominican Republic, Haiti); bois chien (Dominican Republic); bois-radégonde; chêne (Dominican Republic, Haiti); chêne d'Amérique (Martinique); chêne haïtien (Dominican Republic, Haiti); chêne noir p.p. (Haiti, Martinique); chêne noir-pays; chenier (Dominican Republic, Haiti); poix doux marron, radégonde (Martinique)
Spanish name	pendola, roble, roble de color, roble de olor (Dominican Republic); roble dominicano (Puerto Rico); roble prieto, roble tubano (Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa chenn, chenn, chenn nwa, chenn peyi (creole, Haiti)
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