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(Upload on July 4 2026) [ 日本語 | English ]

Tetrapanax (K. Koch) K. Koch (カミヤツデ) Kamiyatsude (カミヤツデ, 紙八手), rice paper plant or Chinese rice-paper-plant Lifeform: evergreen shrub, with 2-7 m in height Distribution: native to China and Taiwan

Habitat: grasslands and roadsides Leaf: 70 cm long Chromosome number: 2n = 48 Use: paper (pith), ornamental (cultivars - Di-sue-shan, empress, Meifeng, rex, steroidal giant, variegata, etc.) Synonyms: Aralia papyrifera Hook. Fatsia papyrifera (Hook.) Miq. ex Witte

Tetrapanax papyrifer in Japan

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[1] in front of a glasshouse in Fukuoka Zoo and Botanical Garden, northern Kyushu, on September 20 2025.