Edgeworthia gardneri (Wall.) Meisn.

 
  • Family : THYMELAEACEAE
    (Mezereum Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RAMETA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Thymelaeaceae
  • Basionym : Daphne gardneri Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Edgeworthia gardneri (Wall.) Meisn.
  • Common name : Indian Paper Tree, Nepali Paper Bush
  • Vernacular name :
    • Argali (Nepalese)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Moist places, cool Laurel-dominated and evergreen oak forest; 1000 - 2500 m. altitude.
  • Comments / notes : A high-class paper is made from the bark. The bark fibres are used. This species is said to be the best of the various species that are used to make hand made paper in the Himalayas. The stems are extremely supple and can be tied in knots.
  • Key identification features : Flowers yellow, numerous (30 - 40) in globose, pendulous clusters; leaves sparsely silky-pubescent
  • Flower, Fruit : November-May
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Central Himalaya to China (North-West Yunnan) and North Indo-China
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 212
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 211
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 349-350
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Edgeworthia gardneri. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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