Rice Paper Plant
Tetrapanax papyrifer (Hook.) K.Koch
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.4 m
- wide
- 1.7 m
Araliaceae
Formerly Aralia mairei, Aralia papyrifera, Didymopanax papyrifer, Echinopanax papyrifer, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & S. China, TaiwanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.2 m to 3.7 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 2.4 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Tetrapanax papyrifer (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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