4-509: Mitsumata may refer to: Edgeworthia chrysantha , known as Mitsumata, a plant used in making Japanese paper Mitsumata Station , a rail station in Maebashi, Japan 16731 Mitsumata , a main belt asteroid Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mitsumata . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-533: A height of 1.2–1.8 m (4–6 ft). Flowers are yellow, have a sweet scent, and are in clusters at the branch tips. The flowering period extends from February to April. This species is native to Myanmar and south-central and southeast China. It is naturalized in Japan. It grows in forests and shrubby slopes. The bark fibres of these plants are used for making the handmade Japanese tissue called "mitsumata paper". Along with paper mulberry ( kōzo ) and gampi , it
12-570: Is a plant in the family Thymelaeaceae . The genus was named in honour of Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (1812–1881), an Irish-born Victorian era amateur botanist, who worked for the East India Company , and for his sister, writer Maria Edgeworth . The Latin specific epithet chrysantha is in reference to the plant's yellow flowers. Edgeworthia chrysantha is a deciduous shrub with dark green, leathery, single, alternate, lanceolate leaves, 7.6–12.7 cm (3–5 in) long. It can reach
16-452: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitsumata&oldid=501422556 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Edgeworthia chrysantha Edgeworthia chrysantha ( common names : Oriental paperbush , mitsumata )
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