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Tetrapanax papyrifer (Rice Paper Plant)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Tetrapanax papyrifer (rice-paper plant, or ้€š่‰โ€”tong cao) is an evergreen shrub in the family Araliaceae, the sole species in the genus Tetrapanax. The specific epithet is frequently misspelled as "papyriferum", "papyriferus", or "papyrifera". It is endemic to Taiwan, but widely cultivated in East Asia and sometimes in other tropical regions as well. The species was once included in the genus Fatsia as Fatsia papyrifera. A second species, Tetrapanax tibetanus, is now regarded as a synonym of Merrilliopanax alpinus.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees
Structure [1]  Shrub
Usage [1]  The inner pith of the stems is used to make 'rice paper'; It is also used for making toys and flowers, for surgical dressings and for painting on; The paper is made by cutting thin slivers from long sections of the pith;
Height [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
Width [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Norfolk Island National Park II 1723 Australian external territories, Australia  

Predators

Macaca cyclopis (Taiwan macaque)[3]
Protopulvinaria pyriformis (pyriform scale)[4]
Saissetia neglecta (Caribbean black scale)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Food Habits of Formosan Rock Macaques (Macaca cyclopis) in Jentse, Northeastern Taiwan, Assessed by Fecal Analysis and Behavioral Observation, Hsiu-Hui Su and Ling-Ling Lee, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2001, pp. 359-377
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0