Paulowniaceae
Princess tree
Paulownia tomentosa
- Family
- Paulowniaceae
- Genus
- Paulownia
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Common names
By language (34)
- Afrikaans
- Kiriboom
- Arabic
- بولفينية كثة الزغب
- Armenian
- Ադամածառ թաղիքանման, Պավլովնիա թաղիքանման
- arz
- بولفينيه كثة الزغب
- Azerbaijani
- Keçəvari pavlovniya
- Basque
- Paulownia
- Catalan
- Paulònia
- Chinese
- 毛泡桐, 台湾泡桐叶, 毛泡桐（锈毛泡桐）, 泡桐叶, 泡桐果, 泡桐树皮, 泡桐根, 泡桐花
- Croatian
- Paulovnija
- Czech
- Paulovnie plstnatá, Pavlovnie plstnatá, Čínský císařský strom
- Danish
- Kejsertræ, Paulonia tomentosa
- Dutch
- Anna Paulownaboom
- English
- Princess tree, Princesstree, Empress tree, Foxglove tree, Royal empress tree
- Esperanto
- Ĉina paŭlovnio
- Finnish
- Keisaripuu
- French
- Arbre impérial
- German
- Blauglockenbaum, Kaiser-Paulownie, Kaiserbaum
- Hebrew
- פולובניה הדורה
- hsb
- Kejžorska pawlownija
- Hungarian
- Császárfa, Illatos császárfa
- Italian
- Pauluwnia tomentosa
- Japanese
- キリ, Paulowniaceae, キリ科, 桐, 桐花
- Korean
- 참오동나무
- Lithuanian
- Kininė paulovnija
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Keisertre
- Persian
- پالونیا
- Portuguese
- Kiri
- Russian
- Павловния войлочная
- Serbian
- Paulovnija, Пауловнија
- Slovak
- Paulovnia plstnatá
- Slovenian
- Pavlovnija
- Spanish
- Paulonia imperial
- Swedish
- Kejsarträd
- Welsh
- Coeden bysedd y cŵn
Synonyms
- Bignonia tomentosa Thunb.
- Paulownia imperialis Siebold & Zucc.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: wlcutler, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.