The Uniquely Plants

Tetrapanax papyriferus (Tung-tsau or rice paper plant) is an evergreen shrub in the family Araliaceae, the only species of the genus Tetrapanax. It is endemic to Taiwan, but it is also cultivated widely in East Asia.

Description

It grows to 3-7 m tall, with unbranched stems to 2 cm in diameter was born of a rosette of large leaves with petioles 40-60 cm, are deeply palmate with 5-11 lobes, each lobe is again lobed.

The flowers are produced in a large umbel at the top of the stem, each flower with 4-5 small white petals. The fruit is a small drupe.

The cellulose from the stem is used to make commonly known as rice paper. The species was once included in genus as Fatsia Fatsia papyrifera.


Source: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrapanax

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