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, which is also used for coffins,Wolfram Eberhard ancestral tablets,Reginald Fleming Johnston and oars.Joseph Needham and Colin A. Ronan It also used as an ornamental tree.
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External links USDA Plants Profile: Catalpa bungei