Chinese Catalpa (Catalpa ovata)

Family: Bignoniaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: White, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Mid summer. Form: Oval.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Flowers and young pods - cooked. They are boiled and washed. (possibly in that order so as to remove any bitterness). — Flowers and young pods - cooked.; They are boiled and washed.; (possibly in that order so as to remove any bitterness).

Habitat & North American Range

Open country and margins of woods to 2500 metres. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)