Moraceae
Paper mulberry
Broussonetia papyrifera
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Broussonetia
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Common names
By language (42)
- Arabic
- بروسونتة ورقية, توت الورق
- Armenian
- Բրուսոնեթիա թղթյա
- arz
- بروسونته ورقيه
- azb
- کاغیزی آغاج
- Azerbaijani
- Kağızıağac
- Belarusian
- Брусанецыя папяровая
- Burmese
- သာလဲပင်
- Cantonese
- 構樹
- Catalan
- Morera de paper
- Chinese
- 构树, 構樹, 构, 构树‘（楮、構), 楮, 楮实, 楮树根, 楮树白皮
- Czech
- Papírovník čínský, Brousonetie papíronosná
- Dutch
- Papiermoerbei
- English
- Paper mulberry
- Filipino
- Papel moras
- Finnish
- Paperimulperio
- German
- Papiermaulbeerbaum
- Greek
- Βρουσονέτια η παπυροφόρος
- Hebrew
- תות נייר
- Hungarian
- Kínai papíreperfa, Papírszederfa
- Indonesian
- Daluang
- Japanese
- カジノキ
- Korean
- 꾸지나무
- lfn
- Morero turces
- mad
- Dhâlubâng
- Malay
- Jeluang
- Malayalam
- പേപ്പർ മൾബെറി
- Māori
- Aute
- nan
- Lo̍k-á-chhiū
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Papirmorbærtre
- Persian
- توت کاغذی
- Polish
- Brusonecja chińska, Morwa papierowa
- pwn
- Quljicaca
- Russian
- Бруссонетия бумажная
- Serbian
- Дудовац
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈသၢႆလႄး, တူၼ်ႈသႃ, မႆံသႃလႄး, မႆႉသၢႆလႄး
- Slovenian
- Navadna papirjevka
- Sundanese
- Daluang
- Thai
- ปอสา
- Tongan
- Hiapo
- Turkish
- Kağıt dutu
- Uzbek
- Qogʻozdaraxt
- Vietnamese
- Dướng, Cấu, Cốc, Dâu giấy, Dó, Ró
Synonyms
- Broussonetia billiardii Carrière
- Broussonetia cordata Blume
- Broussonetia cordata hort. ex K.Koch
- Broussonetia cucullata hort. ex Steud.
- Broussonetia dissecta hort. ex Bureau
- Broussonetia elegans hort. ex K.Koch
- Broussonetia kasii hort. ex Dippel
- Broussonetia kazi Siebold ex Blume
- Broussonetia maculata hort. ex Steud.
- Broussonetia nana hort. ex Bureau
- Broussonetia navicularis Lodd. ex Bureau
- Broussonetia navicularis Lodd. ex K.Koch
- Broussonetia navifolia hort. ex Steud.
- Broussonetia papyrifera var. integrifolia Miq.
- Broussonetia spathulata hort. ex Steud.
- Broussonetia tricolor hort. ex K.Koch
- Morus papyrifera L.
- Papyrius papyrifera (L.) Kuntze
- Smithiodendron artocarpoideum Hu
- Stenochasma ancolanum Miq.
- Streblus cordatus Lour.
- Trophis cordata (Lour.) Poir.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 667 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 許慶棠Ray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nevit, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: cboss2, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christian Waddingham, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.