| SHAWNEE | -- -wood, species of catalpa (7) |
| TREE | Catalpa or ceiba |
| PODS | Catalpa tree features |
| BEANTREE | Catalpa, e.g. |
| BEAN | Catalpa is the Indian ___ tree (4) |
| OVATA | Latin name meaning egg-shaped, as in Catalpa ___ (5) |
| PASTA | Processed flour dough seen in catalpa, stachys and pampas, tagetes! (5) |
| SAP | Resin Catalpas have in return (3) |
| ORINOCO | Major river in South America which is home to the giant anaconda, river dolphins and an endangered species of crocodile; the name of one of the Wombles; or, linked with "Flowa", a song by Enya (7) |
| GEMSBOK | Largest of me three species of oryx, or straight-horned antelope, found on the plains of Africa; Oryx gazella (7) |
| SORGHUM | Genus of about 25 species of plants in the grass family, some of which are grown as cereals for human consumption, and others in pastures for animals (7) |
| MANATEE | Any of three species of large slow aquatic mammals found along tropical and subtropical Atlantic coasts and associated inland waters, including the watersheds of the Amazon and Niger rivers. (7) |
| ALLHEAL | Name of a species of betony, prunella or valerian that refers to the reputed medicinal, restorative or therapeutic qualities of said herbs (7) |
| ISOTONE | Either of two species of atoms with the same number of neutrons and a different number of protons |
| ROEBUCK | Male of a small species of deer (7) |
| HARRIER | Any of several species of diurnal hawks (7) |
| MAMMALS | Group of some 4,000 species of vertebrates (7) |
| CAMPION | A species of wild flower; one of the rabbits in Watership Down; or, the film-maker noted for The Piano (7) |
| LAMELLA | Gill under the cap of some species of mushrooms (7) |
| OSTRICH | Running and maintaining speeds of around 40mph, the world's largest and heaviest extant species of bird (7) |
