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Broussonetia monoica

Botanic Family

Moraceae

Author

Hance

Common Names

• Tsuru-kōzo (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Chongquing
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Taiwan
• SE Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Japan
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• May-Jul (China)

Scandent shrub or climber to 5m. Serrated leaves to 80mm x 30mm, sparsely hairy above, tomentose beneath. Yellow flowers, dioecious, male inflorescence to 25mm long, male flowers with 3-4 lobed calyx, female inflorescence globose. Fruit to 10mm diameter with barbed hairs.

Bark fibres used in paper making

Further References

• FOC
• JB
• PW
• Kew