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Accession Data:

Tetrapanax papyrifer (Hook.) K.Koch

  • Common Name: Rice-paper Plant
  • Family: Araliaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Aralia papyrifera

  • Country of Origin: China, Taiwan

  • Uses: Used in traditional Chinese medicine. The pith of the stems is used to make what is called rice paper.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202400023
  • Source: Smith College
  • Provenance: 
    Smith College, from suckers dug from the ground beds in the Lyman Conservatory
  • Accession Date: 03-25-2024
  • Bench: 1201 - AUS:West Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-05-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid II
  • Order: Apiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Araliaceae
  • SubFamily: Aralioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Fiber Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China North-Central / China Southeast / Taiwan

References (external):

data regenerated on Sat, 05 Oct 2024 14:28:57 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

  • Hydrocotyle verticillata
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