Mountain Bark

Mountain Bark

　　　　Product Name: Mountain Bark

　　Place of Origin: Lishui

　　Product Features: Nourishes yin, calms the nerves, improves vision

　　Product Introduction: Its scientific name is Edgeworthia chrysantha, a deciduous shrub of the Thymelaeaceae family. Its flower buds can nourish yin, calm the nerves, and improve vision, while its bark serves as high-quality raw material for papermaking. A 20,000-mu plantation has been established, expanding by several thousand mu annually. Mountain bark, also known as water iris flower, has the scientific name Edgeworthia chrysantha (Edgewortha Meisn), belonging to the Thymelaeaceae family, Edgeworthia genus. It is a perennial deciduous shrub.

　　Product History: Distributed in certain mountainous areas south of the Yangtze River basin. All parts of the mountain bark have high utilization value, especially the dried bark, which holds the highest economic value and is an ideal tree species for mountainous area prosperity. In 1999, Gaoping Township in Suichang County, Zhejiang Province, was awarded the title of “Province’s Hometown of Mountain Bark” by the Zhejiang Provincial Forestry Department. By 2000, the township had over 10,000 mu of mountain bark distribution.