Cigar tree catalpa stock image. Image of bean, small 16039641 **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 A Catalpa Tree in My Garden Catalpa speciosa. Dried up empty pods on the Catalpa or Catawba tree against the blue spring sky. What is this tree, what are the things hanging from it, and are they edible, and in what way? : r foraging