Fatong. French paulownia, commonly known as Platanus acerifolia, belongs to Platanus in plant taxonomy. There is only one genus and about 7 species of Platanus in this family, which is native to southeast Europe, India and America. Platanus acerifolia, also known as platus acerifolia, is a hybrid of Platanus acerifolia and Platanus acerifolia. The distribution of root system is shallow,