Dais glaucescens, commonly called havohoa in Malagasy,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae that is native to central Madagascar.[3] It was originally described by Joseph Decaisne in the Annales des Sciences Naturelles in 1843.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Dais |
| Species: | D. glaucescens
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Description
editDais glaucescens takes the form of a shrub or small tree, growing up to 8 metres (8.7 yd) tall. The trunk can be up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in diameter.[5]
Distribution and habitat
editDais glaucescens is native to the central areas of Madagascar. It is found in forests, usually near water, at elevations of roughly 1,000 metres (1,100 yd).[5]
Uses
editIn Madagascar, the bark of Dais glaucescens is known as "havoa" and is used in the making of Antemoro paper.[6] This practice of using the "beaten-bark technique" has been attributed to the Antemoro people as far back as 1661 by the French governor of Madagascar Étienne de Flacourt.[7]
References
edit- ^ Faranirina, L. (2019). "Dais glaucescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T128659512A128660207. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T128659512A128660207.en. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ Ingram, Jane C.; Dawson, Terence P. (June 2006). "Forest Cover, Condition, and Ecology in Human-Impacted Forests, South-Eastern Madagascar" (PDF). Conservation & Society. 4 (2). Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment: 228. JSTOR 26396659 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Dais glaucescens". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Dais glaucescens Decne". African Plants Database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve. 19 August 2009.
- ^ a b Fern, Ken (30 July 2021). "Dais glaucescens Decne. Thymelaeaceae". Database of Useful Tropical Plants. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ Rogers, Zachary S. (July 2009). "A Revision of Malagasy "Gnidia" (Thymelaeaceae, Thymelaeoideae)" (PDF). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96 (2). Missouri Botanical Garden Press: 338. doi:10.3417/2006114. JSTOR 40389936 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Kent, R. K. (1969). "Madagascar and Africa III. The Anteimoro: A Theocracy in Southeastern Madagascar" (PDF). The Journal of African History. 10 (1). Cambridge University Press: 64. doi:10.1017/S0021853700009270. JSTOR 180295 – via JSTOR.
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