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Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.

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Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2, 278 (1841)
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.

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Wild
New Zealand
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(Thunb.) Steud.
Thunb.
Steud.
1841
278
ICN
species
Paulownia tomentosa

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tomentosa

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Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.

Large spreading tree to c. 15 m high. Lvs with long petioles. Lamina to c. 25 × 20 cm on flowering shoots, ovate, glandular-hairy above, densely glandular-hairy below and with some hairs stellate, at least when young, entire or toothed (usually shallowly 3-5-lobed on young trees); base cordate; apex acute or acuminate. Panicle erect, pyramidal; branches and calyx rusty brown; tomentose; fl. buds produced in the previous summer. Calyx 1.5-2 cm long, campanulate; lobes obtuse. Corolla 5-7 cm long, glandular-hairy outside; tube campanulate-funnelform, sharply bent near base, mauve with white or yellowish throat, sometimes with dark streaks; lobes c. 1.5 cm broad, ± rounded, glandular-ciliate. Capsule 3.5-4.5 cm long including beak, ovoid. Seed fusiform; wing striate.

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Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.

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Cultivated
New Zealand
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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
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Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
10 June 2021
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