Figure 2: This Paulownia fortunei “mother tree” resulted from a breeding program to produce a strain well-suited for lumber. Selected from 1700 trees started mostly from seed and grown for seven years, its trunk is 60 feet tall and has very little taper, making it valuable for lumber production. This tree is being reproduced through tissue culture cloning and root cuttings.

Figure 2: This Paulownia fortunei “mother tree” resulted from a breeding program to produce a strain well-suited for lumber. Selected from 1700 trees started mostly from seed and grown for seven years, its trunk is 60 feet tall and has very little taper, making it valuable for lumber production. This tree is being reproduced through tissue culture cloning and root cuttings.