It is one of the first plants to grow when you clear a piece of land, especially in the city, and it grows everywhere, even in gaps in concrete roads and walls and becomes a tree around 5m high. The stems and leaves are hairy. The wood is light. It readily shoots after you cut it down to a stump.

Anyone know the Thai name or botanical name?

Edited September 8, 201412 yr by skraach

deleted, wrong

Edited September 8, 201412 yr by cooked

Any flower ?

Think this would be better in Gardening section.

Wifey says, without hesitation, cotton plants ฟ้าย , GOSSYPIUM

Edited September 8, 201412 yr by cooked

Thread title is misleading =p

Any flower ?

I've never noticed a flower on it, even when it's a tree. They must be very discreet.

Wifey says, without hesitation, cotton plants ฟ้าย , GOSSYPIUM

Thanks. That's the best lead so far. I wonder why I've never seen it flowering though?

Perhaps not mature enough....to flower ? Cooked, might be right!

Here is a link to GOSSYPIUM ... many types of flowers and foliage not same same on all types..

https://www.google.co.th/search?q=GOSSYPIUM&client=firefox-beta&hs=CRD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=WzYNVJ7IDpfkuQSeiYGoAQ&ved=0CEUQ7Ak&biw=2048&bih=911#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=EoazBEzl5hoKfM%253A%3B8ZXrDg2fojO0NM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fpics.davesgarden.com%252Fpics%252F2005%252F10%252F20%252Fartcons%252F280418.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fdavesgarden.com%252Fguides%252Fpf%252Fshowimage%252F91057%252F%3B800%3B600

Here is a clear picture of the leaves. Both leaves came from the same plant.

Looks very much a plant that Jimmy photographed in my garden which has a pink flower. However despite the almost identical leaf shape, my plant does not have serrated edge to leaves.

Here's the underside of the leaf with scale.

Looks very much a plant that Jimmy photographed in my garden which has a pink flower. However despite the almost identical leaf shape, my plant does not have serrated edge to leaves.

I wondered that too Old sailor! but I don't think same ! I did wonder about that too! Here is a pic of OS's plant!

There is a thread going in Chaing Mai forum, which I think fits this... a type of Ginseng.... but I am not sure!

Looks very much a plant that Jimmy photographed in my garden which has a pink flower. However despite the almost identical leaf shape, my plant does not have serrated edge to leaves.

I wondered that too Old sailor! but I don't think same ! I did wonder about that too! Here is a pic of OS's plant!

There is a thread going in Chaing Mai forum, which I think fits this... a type of Ginseng.... but I am not sure!

Nope. An important characteristic is the edges of the leaves, which according to the original foto are serated, not as in this foto. Ginseng won't be growing like a weed, they need stratifying to germinate.

Looks very much a plant that Jimmy photographed in my garden which has a pink flower. However despite the almost identical leaf shape, my plant does not have serrated edge to leaves.

I wondered that too Old sailor! but I don't think same ! I did wonder about that too! Here is a pic of OS's plant!

There is a thread going in Chaing Mai forum, which I think fits this... a type of Ginseng.... but I am not sure!

It's definitely not the plant in this photo.

A tribal person told me today that they cut it up and feed it to pigs. (So it sounds like it has potential as a stockfeed.) He didn't know the name of it though.

My misses says it is ปอกะสา or Paul Stork or Paul Cotton, broussonetia papyrifere

My misses says it is ปอกะสา or Paul Stork or Paul Cotton, broussonetia papyrifere

That's it! Confirmed by a friend of my as well, who says it's also just called ปอสา (por-saa). English common name Paper Mulberry and belongs to the same family as the mulberry fruit. Good source of fiber for papermaking, clothing, rope (from the roots), and leaves are edible after cooking. Native to Thailand. Good pioneer species.

I guess from the name that this is the plant used for producing Saa Paper (กระดาษสา).