Paulownia fargesii Franch.

Species

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Characteristics

Trees, to 20 m tall; crown conical. Trunk conspicuous. Twigs purple-brown to brown-gray, with round convex lenticels, stellate tomentose, glabrescent. Petiole to 11 cm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-cordate, to 20 cm or longer, abaxially moderately to densely tomentose or subglabrous, adaxially sparsely pubescent, hairs short branched and stalked, margin entire or undulate, apex narrowly acuminate and apiculate. Thyrses broadly conical, to 1 m; cymes sessile or subsessile, 3-5-flowered. Pedicel less than 1 cm. Calyx obconical, to 2 cm, stellate tomentose; lobes to 1/2 of calyx length. Corolla white with purple striations to wholly purple, subcampanulate, 5.5-7.5 cm, glandular pubescent. Stamens 2-2.5 cm. Ovary glandular. Style ca. 3 cm. Capsule ellipsoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, 3-4 cm, viscid glandular when young; pericarp thin; persistent calyx adnate or spreading, often not reflexed. Seeds oblong, 5-6 mm including wing. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing parasite
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Forests, mountain slopes; at elevations from 1,200-3,000 metres.
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Forests, mountain slopes; at elevations from 1,200-3,000 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

Uses charcoal medicinal timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -15
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Paulownia fargesii world distribution map, present in China, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:806711-1
WFO ID wfo-0001140126
COL ID 75VCS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Paulownia fargesii