Common name: Lokta
Family: Thymelaeaceae
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Country of Origin: Nepal to Sichuan
Description: Evergreen plant of 2m height with smooth gray bark. Leaves are green and alternate. The flowers are white and have pleasant smell.
Uses: Plants are used to make handmade papers & string. Also bark and roots are used in traditional medicine in Nepal to treat fevers.
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USDA Zone: 7-9
Source: Lisa Palmer (Dartmouth) ex Huntington BG
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- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Malvales
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- Family: Thymelaeaceae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 07, 2017.
- Daphne bholua at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, September 07, 2017.
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