Thymelaeaceae FAMILY

Wikstroemia trichotoma

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Wikstroemia japonica is a much-branched, evergreen shrub growing around 50 - 250cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant yields a good quality fibre suitable for papermaking and is often harvested from the wild for this purpose.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - central and southern Japan, south Korea, southeast China.

HabitatOpen forests, among shrubs on limestone hills, shaded places, roadsides; at elevations around 600 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Grassy slopes and thickets in the hills of central and southern Japan[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ].