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Mandevilla / ˌ m æ n d ɪ ˈ v ɪ l ə / [3] is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering vines belonging to the family Apocynaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1840. [ 4 ] A common name is rocktrumpet .
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 is used for making traditional Japanese paper . Among other applications, mitsumata is used for banknotes as the paper is very durable. [2]
Japanese tissue paper is a handmade paper. The inner bark of the kōzo plant is harvested in the fall and spring, with material from the fall harvest being considered better quality. Bundles of kōzo sticks are steamed in a cauldron, then stripped of their bark and hung in the sun to dry.
It is an evergreen shrub growing to 1–5 m (3 ft 3 in – 16 ft 5 in) tall, with stout, sparsely branched stems. [3] The leaves are spirally-arranged, large, 20–40 cm (7.9–15.7 in) in width and on a petiole up to 50 cm (20 in) long, leathery, palmately lobed, with 7–9 broad lobes, divided to half or two-thirds of the way to the base of the leaf; the lobes are edged with coarse, blunt teeth.
Until the early 20th century, the Japanese used washi in applications where Western style paper or other materials are currently used. This is partly because washi was the only type of paper available at that time in Japan, but also because the unique characteristics of washi made it a better material. [citation needed] Washi is also used in ...
The underside of a Japanese oil-paper umbrella. The origin of oil-paper umbrellas could be traced to those fabric canopies brought from Korea to Japan during the Asuka period, which samples are preserved among the Shōsōin treasures. [4] [5] [6] Initially, the oil-paper umbrella was a sacred instrument in Buddhist ceremony.
Mandevilla sanderi, the Brazilian jasmine, [2] is a vine belonging to the genus Mandevilla. [3] Grown as an ornamental plant , the species is endemic to the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. [ 4 ] It is a rapidly growing, creeping , perennial plant , pruning shoots about 60 cm per year.
It is used to make the high quality washi paper, as are the kōzo and mitsumata trees. [3] Various sources have identified gampi or ganpi as: Wikstroemia albiflora Yatabe: known as Miyama ganpi in Japan [4] Wikstroemia canescens (Wall.) Meisn. [1] (syn. Diplomorpha canescens [5]): a south Asian plant; Wikstroemia diplomorpha: [6] not a valid ...