Taxon: Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.

Common names:

• paper-mulberry   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• tapa-cloth-tree   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• gou shu   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• mûrier à papier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Papiermaulbeerbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• aka   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• kodzu   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• amoreira-do-papel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• moral de la China   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• morera de papel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• papelero   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: fiber   (wood pulp for paper fide F Japan; F ChinaEng)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; F ChinaEng)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang [s.e.], Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan [Ryukus]; Korea; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Malaysia

• naturalized in Oceania

References:

• Agroforestry.net. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry - on-line resource. (Trad Tree Init)
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [lists as B. papyrifera (L.) L'Hér.].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. (L CultWPl SE US)
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi) 384.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [lists as B. papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Broussonetia papyrifera.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Broussonetia papyrifera. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Morus papyrifera L. (basionym)
  
• (≡) Papyrius papyrifera (L.) Kuntze
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other databases for Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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