Anyone else care to contribute to tree names and lore?

No lore here, but I have been aware for some time that while the names of many trees evoke strong images for me, the images are not necessarily anything to do with reality.

'Frangipani' always breathed scent and flowers and exotic beauty to me. Most of the time a frangipani just looks like a lot of twisted and swollen hosepipes. A major disappointment that is offset by 'jacaranda'. I grew up in a town where the local sweet shop was called 'Jacaranda's' - the word always conveyed a main street, noise, homeliness. But a jacarnada in full bloom is one of the most beautiful trees I have ever seen.

Nowadays, when I read passages of literature with descriptions of trees in them, I tend to double-check on the image that is being created in my mind. And even as I do that, I wonder how many other readers out there are getting the wrong message.

..oh, nearly forgot gingkos. The most amazing-shaped leaves! http://www.wellesley.edu/Activities/homepage/web/Species/pgingko.html