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Paper mulberry
Broussonetia papyrifera
The paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera, syn. Morus papyrifera L.) is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae. It is native to Asia, where its range includes China, Japan, Korea, Indochina, Burma, and India. It is widely cultivated elsewhere and it grows as an introduced species in parts of Europe, the United States, and Africa. Other common names include tapa cloth tree.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
![Paper mulberry in 農業全書 11巻. [7]](https://images.sourcelibrary.org/gallery/69e787c84a6785cfd60cd6ac/69e787c84a6785cfd60cd6b8-0.jpg?v=1780588883220)
農業全書 11巻. [7]
Miyazaki Yasusada · 1697 · p.12
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.48
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.53
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.180
Exotic Pleasures (Persia and Asia observations)
Engelbert Kaempfer · 1712 · p.542
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.797
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Broussonetia papyrifera in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 128032.