Thanks, Anil ji, for the detailed and through analysis. In the first image, I also see ripe ovate fruits. I am convinced.
On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 16:04, Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur < [email protected]> wrote: > Garg ji, I have tried to compared my plant with the description given > in the Flora of China. Kindly find attached a copy of comparision for > further reference. Based on these evidences, it appears that my plant > is Paulownia tomentosa only. I had clicked some plants in the campus > of Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry at Solan a > few years back, which I was presuming as P. fortunei. I'll see them > again in new lighjt. Some more photographs are attached. The number of > flowers per cymes are clearly visible in one of the photographs. > Measurements of leaves and old fruits (they remain on plants for > longer periods) are taken today only. Leaf size can still increase as > they start appearing only in the month of April. > > Regards > > > > > On 5/19/20, 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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