Paper tree

Description

Any of several trees that have been used for the production of paper.

- Paper mulberry - Broussonetia papyrifera, Daphne cannabina, Edgeworthia cardneri, Trophis aspers. All are native to Asia.

- Paperbark tree - Melaleuca leucadendron and Callisternon species native to Australia.

- Paper birch, or canoe birch - Betula papyracea, native to North America.

- Paper beech - Betula alba and Betula bhojputtra

- Paper poplar - Poplar grandidentata native to North America.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera, Daphne cannabina, Edgeworthia cardneri, Trophis aspers); Paperbark tree (Melaleuca leucadendron, Callisternon);Paper birch (Betula papyrifera); Paper beech (Betula alba, Betula bhojputtra); Paper poplar (Poplar grandidentata)

Authority

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

• E.J.LaBarre, Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Paper and Paper-making, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam, 1969

• Silvie Turner, Which Paper?, Design Press, New York, 1991