Taxon: Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.

Summary

Genus:

Broussonetia

Family:

Moraceae

Tribe:

Dorstenieae

Nomen number:

7900

Place of publication:

Tabl. regn. veg. 3:547. 1799

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55239923

Comment:

authorship verified from original literature

Verified:

03/03/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

5 (2 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Morus papyrifera L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Papyrius papyrifera (L.) Kuntze

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)

Links

Forestry Images – from www.forestryimages.org

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
Cariñanos, P. & F. Marinangeli. 2021. An updated proposal of the potential allergenicity of 150 ornamental trees and shrubs in Mediterranean cities. Urban Forest. & Urban Green. 63:127218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127218.
Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource). Note:
- Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), Holualoa, Hawai'i
- http://www.traditionaltree.org/
Florence, J. 1997-. Flore de la Polynésie française.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: lists as Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér.
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States
Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:86.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 384.
Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	paper-mulberry		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	tapa-cloth-tree		1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Chinese	gou shu	构树	2	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
French	mûrier à papier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Papiermaulbeerbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	amoreira-do-papel		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	moral de la China		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	morera de papel		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	papelero		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	pappersmullbär		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Anhui Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hainan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hebei Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hunan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangsu Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shaanxi Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shandong Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shanxi Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xizang Zizhiqu	s.e.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India			Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Indochina			Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar			Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand			Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
2	Cultivated					also cult.
3	Adventive	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina			Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania			PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda			PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe			PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana			PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan		Ryukus	Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan			Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Jawa		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Lesser Sunda Islands		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Maluku		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Sulawesi		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Sumatera		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines			Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	New Guinea			Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
4	Naturalized	Northern America		United States			Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	Cook Islands			Florence, J. 1997-. Flore de la Polynésie française.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia			Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia	Austral Islands		Florence, J. 1997-. Flore de la Polynésie française.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia	Gambier Islands		Florence, J. 1997-. Flore de la Polynésie française.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia	Marquesas Islands		Florence, J. 1997-. Flore de la Polynésie française.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia	Society Islands		Florence, J. 1997-. Flore de la Polynésie française.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia	Tuamotu Archipelago		Florence, J. 1997-. Flore de la Polynésie française.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	Pitcairn			Florence, J. 1997-. Flore de la Polynésie française.

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu (s.e.), Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Malaysia

Cultivated (also cult.)
Adventive
Southern America

SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina

Naturalized
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zimbabwe

Asia-Temperate

EASTERN ASIA: Japan (Ryukus)

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
PAPUASIA: New Guinea
MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera], Philippines

Northern America

REGION: United States

Pacific

SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, Pitcairn, French Polynesia [Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Gambier Islands, Austral Islands]

Reference(s)

PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Florence, J. 1997-. Flore de la Polynésie française.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: lists as Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér.
Materials	fiber		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
Materials	fiber	wood pulp for paper	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Medicines	folklore		Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines	folklore		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Broussoneti papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed	seed contaminant	potential	Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=7900. Accessed 15 April 2026.