Dicotyledon | Literature for Broussonetia papyrifera
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999; Lorence & Wagner, 2020. |
Moraceae -- The Mulberry Family | Bibliography |
Broussonetia papyrifera | |
Common name(s): paper mulberry, po`a`aha, wauke |
General Information | ||
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Distribution | Native to China and Japan, also probably Myanmar and Thailand, spread early through cultivation for its fibrous bark throughout Malesia and the Pacific Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, a Polynesian introduction on Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. | |
Habit |
Fast-growing shrub or shrubby tree to ca. 5(‒10) m tall; branches hirsute. |
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Leaves |
Leaves petiolate; blade ovate, usually 5‒20 cm long, 8‒12 cm wide, adaxial surface scabrous, abaxial surface soft pubescent, unlobed or variously 1‒5-lobed, often with much variation on a single plant, apex acuminate, base rounded to cordate; petiole 3‒6 cm long; stipules ovate to broadly lanceolate, 0.5‒1.5 cm long. |
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Flowers |
Staminate inflorescences spicate, ca. 3‒8 cm long; pistillate inflorescences globose, ca. 1‒1.2 cm in diameter, clavate bracts ca. 2 mm long exserted from the clusters. |
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Fruit |
Mature fruit and seed not observed. |
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Chromosomes |
2n = 26. |
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Notes |
Bark from the stems was used for cordage and tapa cloth. |
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Contributor |
Nancy Khan |