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Rice-paper plant Leaves and flowers of rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyrifer).

Rice-paper plant

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Also known as: Tetrapanax papyriferum
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Rice-paper plant, (Tetrapanax papyrifer), shrub or small tree of the ginseng family, native to southern China and Taiwan and best known as the source of rice paper. It has large, lobed leaves that form an almost palmlike crown. The soft central tissues of the stem are split and pressed into thin sheets used for surgical dressings and as watercolor paper.

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