Common name: Rice-paper Plant
Family: Araliaceae
Synonym(s): <i>Aralia papyrifera</i>
Country of Origin: China, Taiwan
Description:
Uses: Used in traditional Chinese medicine. The pith of the stems is used to make what is called rice paper.
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Source: Smith College
Provenance:
Smith College, from suckers dug from the ground beds in the Lyman Conservatory
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid II
- Order: Apiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Araliaceae
- SubFamily: Aralioideae
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