Daphne papyracea Wall. ex Steud.

 
  • Family : THYMELAEACEAE
    (Mezereum Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RAMETA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Thymelaeaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Daphne cannabina Wall.; Daphne cavaleriei H.Lév.; Daphne eriocephala Royle; Daphne mairei H.Lév.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Daphne papyracea Wall. ex G.Don
  • Common name : Indian Paper Plant, Indian paper tree, Nepali paper plant
  • Vernacular name :
    • Satpura, Setburwa, Setburosa, Bhanchoi (Hindi)
    • Ka dieng baiong (Khasi)
    • Baruvaa, Lokta (Nepali)
    • Zan-nula-rimtui (Mizo)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Forests, shrubby slopes; 700 - 2000 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Paper is made out of the inner fibrous bark
  • Key identification features : A much-branched erect evergreen shrub with smooth grey bark, with dull green narrow-lanceolate to oblanceolate leathery leaves, and with scented white or greenish-white flowers borne in terminal clusters with persistent hairy bracts. Flowers with tube 10-13 mm long, very downy outside, and 4 acute spreading lobes c. 8 mm long. Leaves 5-12 cm, hairless, with veins impressed above, stalk short and grooved.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-April
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Tehri Garhwal (Chamba), Dehradun (Landour)
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : North-East Pakistan to South China and Myanmar
  • Literature :
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 1218
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 211
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 349
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Daphne papyracea. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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