Moraceae
Cow tree
Brosimum utile
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Brosimum
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- شجرة اللبن
- Chinese
- 乳蛇桑
- English
- Cow tree
- Georgian
- Რძის ხე
- German
- Kuhbaum, Kuhmilchbaum, Milchbaum, Milchige Nussfeige
- Italian
- Albero del latte
- Kazakh
- Sïırağaş, Сиырағаш, سىيىراعاش
- Lithuanian
- Tikrasis pienmedis
- Russian
- Молочное дерево, Galactodendron utile, Бросимум галактодендрон, Бросимум молочное дерево, Бросимум полезный, Галактодендрон полезный, Коровье дерево, Пиратинера полезная
- Ukrainian
- Молочне дерево
- Vietnamese
- Nhũ mộc
Synonyms
- Alicastrum utile Kuntze
- Brosimum galactodendron D.Don ex Sweet
- Brosimum humboldtii Carrière
- Brosimum refractum Mart. ex Miq.
- Brosimum utile subsp. utile
- Galactodendrum utile Kunth
- Piratinera utilis (Kunth) Baill.
Photos
Photo: D-Valle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.