is the fruit (long seed pod) of a catalpa tree edible?

Question

i have a tree in my yard. has anyone ever ate or cooked those foot long pods? hate to waste 6them!!

Answer 1

The pods are very fibrous and the seed is papery. I do not recommend eating them, however.
Indians used many parts of the tree for medicinal purposes.
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http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Catalpa+bignonioides

Answer 2

Catalpa Tree Seeds

Answer 3

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is the fruit (long seed pod) of a catalpa tree edible?
i have a tree in my yard. has anyone ever ate or cooked those foot long pods? hate to waste 6them!!

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I *think* the name of these trees are Osage Orange trees. I have two huge ones in my yard and that is what I was told they were when we moved into this house (I live in Illinois) I don't know about other animals being harmed by eating the fruit ... but I have seen squirrels eating them every year..they seem to love them. Here is what I found on the web about them for you...I hope this helps :) Osage orange, maclura, hedge-apple, bois d'arc, or 'tennis ball tree' (Maclura pomifera) is a member of the fig-mulberry family (Moraceae). Like other members of it family it has some rather strange traits. Osage orange was native to Texas and Oklahoma, approximately the home territory of the Osage people. Today it has now been widely planted far outside its natural range. Not everyone considers it to be a picturesque tree. The female tree can look somewhat like an orange tree with its orange-sized fruits. There are less messy species that are just as beautiful. Osage orange has alternate ovate-lanceolate leaves, on zigzagging twigs. In the southern states its autumn folliage is a clear yellow. Although, specimens in Ontario, that I have seen, are not so colourful. A pair of stout thorns occur near each leaf-base. Osage orange is dioecious, as mulberries are. Male trees have racemes of staminate flowers. Female trees have pistillate flowers in little radial buttonballs. The buttonballs grow into greenish apple-sized compound fruits of 6 to 8 centimetres width. The fruit-ball is structured like a giant mulberry. The heavy fruits fall suddenly within a day, or so, in the autumn. The sap is full of latex, as is common in the figs and mulberries. Both the sap and fruit juice are somewhat distasteful, at least to humans. The bark is rough, reddish and convoluted. The Osage orange can grow to 18 metres tall. It tends to be a squat spreading apple-like tree. Osage orange's large fruit is one of its most curious features. The seeds are often able to germinate even without pollination. Nevertheless, root suckering is the more common means of natural propagation. The large fruit is not eaten by many animals. The benefit of the strange fruit to the tree's dispersal is an enigma. In the nineteenth century 'hedge-apple' was planted by farmers as a type of spiny hedgerow barrier. When real barbwire was invented this tradition was discontinued. Still, Osage orange persists semi-wild even in southern Ontario. The heavy compound fruits can dent cars, or hurt heads, when they fall. The 'oranges' take a long time to rot away. Osage orange is more of a curio than an ornamental.

Answer 5

I checked in Peterson's Field Guide, "Edible Wild Plants" and it is not listed so probably not. It was listed in Peterson's Field Guide of Medicinal Plants. It says that the pods sedative and thought to have "cardioactive" properties. Bark, leaves and seeds used for other issues. These properties were listed for the common Catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides.

Answer 6

Not sure, but both Northern and Southern Catalpa are NOT the same as Osage Orange. The former has long, snake-like looking beans, the latter has freaky giant green warted, gnarly fruits that look like they are from science fiction.

Answer 7

I wouldn't think so. Better not try it. But...you can harvest the worms from this tree for excellent fishing bait!!