Araliaceae
Rice paper plant
Tetrapanax papyrifer
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Tetrapanax
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Common names
By language (8)
- Cantonese
- 通草
- Chinese
- 蓪草, 大通草, 天麻子, 木通树, 通脫木, 通脱木, 通脱木花上粉, 通花根
- Dutch
- Rijstpapierboom, Rijstpapierplant
- English
- Rice paper plant, Rice-paper plant
- German
- Reispapierbaum
- Japanese
- カミヤツデ, ツウダツボク, 通脱木, 通草紙
- Spanish
- Planta papel arroz
- trv
- Bruling
Synonyms
- Aralia mairei H.Lév.
- Aralia papyrifera Hook.
- Didymopanax papyrifer (Hook.) K.Koch ex Ed.Otto
- Didymopanax papyriferus (Hook.) K.Koch ex Ed.Otto
- Echinopanax papyrifer (Hook.) Kuntze
- Fatsia papyrifera (Hook.) Miq. ex Witte
- Panax papyrifer (Hook.) F.Muell.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.