A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.

A thin bast fiber native to Nepal and used to make Lokta papers..

any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers

plant known as the 'Nepal paper plant' used as a source of fibre for papermaking.

Paper from Nepal is often made using fiber from the Daphne shrub.

Daphne is a genus of between 50-95 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs in the plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to Asia, Europe, and north Africa. They are noted for their scented flowers and poisonous berries. The flowers lack petals and have four (rarely five) petaloid sepals, ranging from greenish-yellow to white and bright pink; most of the evergreen species tend to have greenish flowers, while the deciduous species tend to have pink flowers.