Paulownia occurs as genus of between 6-17 metal money (based in taxonomical authority) of plants in the monogeneric family Paulowniaceae, related & occasionally involved in the Scrophulariaceae. It is indigen to great deal of China (its name around Chinese is 泡桐/pao1tong2), south to northern Laos and Vietnam, and yearn cultivated elsewhere around eastern Asia, notably in Japan and Korea. It is deciduous trees 10-25 m tall, with big leaves 15-40 cm across, intended within opposite pairs on the stem. A flowers are produced within early spring in panicles 10-30 cm yearn, by using the vasiform purple corolla resembling a foxglove flower. A fruit is a dry capsule, containing thousands of microscopic seeds.

A genus was known as within honour of Queen Anna Pavlovna of The Netherlands (1795-1865), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia.

Paulownia fortunei occurs as convenient-aggressive tree that is grown commercially for the production of hardwood timber.

Paulownia tomentosa is listed as an invasive species in the southeastern United States, having been introduced there as an cosmetic tree for its cosmetic flowers.

Uses
These are popular around its native China for reforestration, wayside planting & as an cosmetic tree. It grows swell within the wide kind of soil types, notably unfortunate ones, however needs the good deal of weak & doesn't prefer a highwater table. Paulownithe timber occurs as blanch whitish colorful wood by having a straight grain. Its characteristics of decompose trend lines & a super high ignition point ensures the timber's popularity in the globe market. Paulownia grown in plantations usually has widely spaced annual ring & is so lot less worthful. A wood is as well crucial inside China, Korea, & Japan for making a sounding board of stringed instrument like a guqin, guzheng, pipa, koto, and kayagum.

Researching by CSIRO has shown that Paulownia wood is very attractive for wood-boring insects.