Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. plant material
8. [wood and wood by product]
9. wood (plant material)
10. [wood by composition or origin]
11. hardwood

Anotations

Scope note:

Deciduous hardwood from the fast-growing trees of genus Paulownia. It is dimensionally stable and naturally resistant to termites. Paulownia wood has been used traditionally as material for Japanese 'tansu,' footwear, musical instruments, decorative moldings, and as structural elements in building construction.