Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Daphne papyracea Wall. ex G.Don
Common name : Indian Paper Plant, Indian paper tree
Vernacular name : Satpura, Setburwa, Setburosa, Bhanchoi (Hindi); Ka dieng baiong (Khasi); Baruvaa, Lokta (Nepali); Zan-nula-rimtui (Mizo)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Forests
Comments / notes : Paper is made out of the inner fibrous bark
Key identification features : A much-branched erect evergreen shrub with smooth grey bark, with dull green narrow-lanceolate to oblanceolate leathery leaves, and with scented white or greenish-white flowers borne in terminal clusters with persistent hairy bracts. Flowers with tube 10-13 mm long, very downy outside, and 4 acute spreading lobes c. 8 mm long. Leaves 5-12 cm, hairless, with veins impressed above, stalk short and grooved.
Flower, Fruit : November-April
Distribution :
Meghalaya : Meghalaya
Native : India, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 1218