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EVENTS |
Sense of Community on KSMU 91.1 FM story on the Centennial Project and Arboretum- Dec. 20, 2004
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| Mapping the Past and GIS Day Events - Nov. 17, 2004 |
Centennial Arporetum Tags go up! (Fall 2004) |
Download a 2005 Calendar (here) |
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By moving your
mouse over the thumbnail photos of the trees you can see a larger
picture. |
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you click on any of the images you will see the full size photograph
or map. |
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Cigar
Tree or Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)
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Bignoniaceae
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tree
#221 in fall
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click
above image to see a larger map
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Missouri |
| Leaf
Arrangement and Shape: |
| Opposite
or in threes with simple, heart-shaped leaves |
| Fruit
Type: |
| Capsule
(8-20 inches long) |
| Maximum
Height: |
| 60
feet |
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| Flowers
are white and fragrant with purple and yellow markings. Leaves
are eaten by spotted caterpillars of the sphinx moth, which
can be used as fishing bait. Tea from the bark was once used
as an antiseptic, snakebite antidote, laxative, and sedative.
Tea from seeds was used for asthma and bronchitis. |
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tree
#345 in spring
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tree
#5 in spring
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tree
#221 in spring
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tree
#14 in summer
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tree
#5 in summer
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tree
#186 in summer
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tree
#7 in winter
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tree
#7 in winter
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