**1. Cigar Tree Nickname** Catalpa's seed pods look like dangling cigars or green beans (up to 20 inches long!)earning it names like Cigar Tree or Indian Bean Tree. These pods stay Winter Trees and Shrubs: Northern Catalpa awkward botany Catalpa Cigar Tree Northern Catalpa Catalpa Speciosa Deciduous Trees Cold Stream Farm Indian bean tree (catalpa tree) bean uses? : r foraging Meet My Nature Neighbor: The Catalpa Tree Heartspoken