About Lokta Paper

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The raw material Lokta is a bark of the Lokta plant – a sapling stick of about 5 to 7 feet in length – also sometimes referred to as the paper tree. The word Lokta refers to one of the local species of Daphne Cannabina or Daphne Papyracea – a small woody plant of Laurel family. It is also familiar to Nepalese people by the name of Baruwa or KaagtePaat . Best quality of lokta stick usually grows and exists…