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Taxon: Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.

Genus: Broussonetia
Family: Moraceae tribe: Moreae.
Nomen number: 7900
Place of publication: Tabl. regn. veg. 3:547. 1799
Comment: authorship verified from original literature
Name verified on: 03-Mar-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-May-2006
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


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
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • 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:
  • naturalized in Oceania

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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:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?7900 (09 February 2010)

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