Uses of Paulownia Tree
Paulownia is famous for planting along road and as an ornamental tree in China . It needs a lot of light and does not like high water tables. It's growth on plantations generally has widely spaced growth rings, meaning that it is soft and of little value; wood with close growth rings is harder and of higher value. It is important in China, Korea, and Japan for making the soundboards of stringed musical instruments such as the guqin, guzheng, pipa, koto, and gayageum. It is also becoming more popular in the building of electric guitars, due to its affordability, availability, tone and looks. Paulownia is also used in Chinese agroforestry systems because it grows fast, its wood is light but strong, its flowers are rich in nectar, its leaves make good fodder for farm animals, it is deep-rooting, and it is late-leafing and its canopy is quite sparse so that crops below it get both light enough to grow and shelter.[7] Paulownia wood is very light, fine-grained, and warp-resista...