Dimensions given are from Flora of China. So in alien environment size, fruit size can vary a bit. But shape is more important.
On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 10:28, Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur < [email protected]> wrote: > Garg ji, fruit size is also important. In this case, fruits are only 3-4 > cm long (not more than 6cm as in case of O. fortunii). I have seen other > plants as well but not the fruits in that case. > Actually, both species were introduced in India by the Forest Research > Institute Dehradun. I may be having flowering twigs of other species as > well and will report back to you. > Regards > > On Tue, 19 May, 2020, 10:05 AM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On thoroughly checking on net and all our posts, I think *Paulownia >> tomentosa *and *Paulownia fortunei *quite confusing. I could not find >> the difference between the two on net anywhere except in Flora of China. >> >> Keys in Flora of China >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124177> are >> as below: >> 4 (1) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124177#KEY-1-1> >> *Capsule >> oblong to oblong-ellipsoid, 6-10 cm*; pericarp woody, 3-6 mm; >> inflorescences subcylindric; corolla ventral plaits inconspicuous; calyx >> 2-2.5 cm 4 Paulownia fortunei >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020797> >> + *Capsule ovoid, ovoid-ellipsoid, or ellipsoid, 3-5.5 cm*; pericarp not >> woody, to 3 mm; inflorescences pyramidal or narrowly conical; corolla >> ventral plaits conspicuous; calyx to 2 cm. (5) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124177#KEY-1-5> >> >> 5 (4) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124177#KEY-1-4> >> Capsule >> viscid-glandular hairy; calyx lobes as long as or longer than tube, not >> glabrescent 1 Paulownia tomentosa >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020800> >> + Capsule pubescent when young; calyx lobes shorter than tube, partly >> glabrescent. (6) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124177#KEY-1-6> >> >> Pl see the illustration of both as below: >> http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3556&flora_id=2 >> http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3554&flora_id=2 >> >> *From flowers it is very difficult to arriva eat the species. Also aspect >> of calyx is also confusing. I think most important character to separate >> the two is the fruit*. >> >> *From fruit shape, I think it should be **Paulownia fortunei *as in >> http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3554&flora_id=2 >> https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/paulownia-fortunei/ >> >> Fruit shape of *Paulownia tomentosa *is different as per >> http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3556&flora_id=2 >> >> http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a888 >> https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/paulownia-tomentosa >> https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=2426 >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Anil Thakur <[email protected]> >> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 at 21:01 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:306297] Re: Paulownia tomentosa >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Posting some more photographs of this highly beautiful ornamental tree. >> >> Regards >> >> On Monday, 15 December 2014 22:29:04 UTC+5:30, Anil Thakur wrote: >>> >>> Respected Members, >>> >>> It is a beautiful deciduous tree which flowers in March/April. >>> >>> Botanical name: Paulownia tomentosa >>> Common names: Empress tree, Princess tree, Foxglove tree >>> >>> Regards, >>> -- >>> Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur >>> Associate Professor (Botany) >>> Govt. 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