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Botanical name
Common name
Fiber
Formation aid
Dye
Papers
Manzhai
Or
Burmese paper.
Paper manufactured by Dai for copying Hinayama Buddhist texts, for making various articles for the New Year celebrations and funeral ceremonies (flares, lanterns, umbrellas). The pulp is a mixture of mulberry paper and bamboo.
Origin:
China
Synonym:
Mian zhi
Botanical name:
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L’Hér. ex Vent.
Dendrocalamus affinis Rendle
Phyllostachys edulis (Carrière) J. Houz.
Phyllostachys heteroclada Oliv.
Pleioblastus amarus (Keng) Keng f.