Diplomorpha trichotoma ("Kiganpi")

Japanese name: キガンピ （黄雁皮）
Scientific name: Diplomorpha trichotoma

[Overview]
A deciduous shrub 1–2 m tall, found in mountains.
It branches well.
The branches are slender, green at first and later brownish purple.
The leaves are simple and opposite, ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, 2–8 cm long and 1–3.5 cm wide, with entire margins.
Spikes gathered into a panicle form the inflorescence.
The flowers have no petals; the tubular calyx, 4-lobed at the tip, is colored pale yellow, white or pale pink.
The fruit is a drupe.

[Uses]
The bark is a raw material for washi (Japanese paper).

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