The wood is burned to make charcoal for sketching and powder for fireworks the bark is made into a dye.
Paulownia hardwood tree.
The heartwood is light in color and its appearance closely resembles that of american ash.
Due to its speed of growth paulownia has become a more reliable hardwood guaranteed to grow quickly and satisfy increasing demands around the world.
Provides shade for homes starting the second summer.
Very large pores give paulownia a striped porous look.
The silvery grey wood is sliced into veneers for special visiting cards.
Paulownia takes stain perfectly and can easily resemble mahogany or walnut with the right stain.
Pale white sapwood not clearly demarcated from heartwood.
Produces a beautiful lightly scented lavender bloom the third spring that lasts 6 8 weeks.
Paulownia tree is by far the fastest growing hardwood tree in the world allowing commercial returns within three years.
Even though the trees grow very fast the grain of finished wood has a lot of character.
Paulownia is native to southeast asia but it is used throughout the world with a number of uses from construction to wooden surfboards to bio fuel.
Paulownia is an extremely fast growing soft hardwood native to china.
Grain is generally straight with a coarse uneven texture.
It is the fastest growing hardwood.
Overall appearance both the wood and the tree itself is not too unlike catalpa another lightweight and porous hardwood.
Ornamental use fast growing flowering shade hardwood tree that reaches approximately 10â 15â the first year and a mature height of 30 the third year fully shaded and blooming.
Paulownia is a deciduous hardwood that has silky light golden blonde colored wood.