Common Name - Catalpa

Scientific Name - Catalpa bignonioides

Description:  deciduous, whorled or opposite;  dull green above, paler below with soft hairs;  heart-shaped, 5 to 10 inches long and 4 to 7 inches wide at broadest point, with abrupt long point at tip and notch at base;  edges smooth;  turning blackish in fall.
The Catalpa Tree Leaf

Description:
simple, deciduous, whorled or opposite;  dull green above, paler below with soft hairs;  heart-shaped, 5 to 10 inches long and 4 to 7 inches wide at broadest point, with abrupt long point at tip and notch at base;  edges smooth;  turning blackish in fall.

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