Moraceae
Fustictree
Maclura tinctoria
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Maclura
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Common names
By language (6)
- English
- Fustictree, Dyer's mulberry, Dyer's mulberry tree, Old fustic, Venetian sumac
- German
- Färbermaulbeerbaum
- Japanese
- マクルラ・ティンクトリア
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gultre
- pap
- Dushi kabei
- Persian
- ماکلورا تینکتوریا
Synonyms
- Broussonetia plumerii Spreng.
- Broussonetia tinctoria (L.) Dum.Cours.
- Broussonetia tinctoria (L.) Kunth
- Broussonetia xanthoxylon (L.) Mart.
- Broussonetia zanthoxylon (L.) Mart.
- Chlorophora mollis Fernald
- Chlorophora mora Lillo
- Chlorophora reticulata (Chodat) Herzog
- Chlorophora tinctoria Gaudich.
- Chlorophora tinctoria (L.) Gaudich. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
- Chlorophora tinctoria f. glabrescens Huber
- Chlorophora tinctoria f. miqueliana Hassl.
- Chlorophora tinctoria f. ovata (Bureau) Hassl.
- Chlorophora tinctoria f. polyneura (Miq.) Hassl.
- Chlorophora tinctoria f. tataiiba (Vell.) Hassl.
- Chlorophora tinctoria subsp. mora Hassl.
- Chlorophora tinctoria subsp. zanthoxylon (L.) Hassl.
- Chlorophora tinctoria var. acuminatissima Huber
- Chlorophora tinctoria var. affinis (Miq.) Hassl.
- Chlorophora tinctoria var. chlorocarpa (Liebm.) Hemsl.
- Chlorophora tinctoria var. mora Lillo
- Chlorophora tinctoria var. ovata (Bureau) Chodat
- Chlorophora tinctoria var. polyneura (Miq.) Bureau
- Chlorophora tinctoria var. subintegerrima (Miq.) Hemsl.
- Chlorophora tinctoria var. zanthoxylon (L.) Chodat
- Fusticus glabra Raf.
- Fusticus tataiba (L.) Raf.
- Fusticus tinctoria (L.) Raf.
- Fusticus tinctorius (L.) Raf.
- Fusticus vera Raf.
- Fusticus zanthoxylon (L.) Raf.
- Ioxylon mora (Griseb.) Kuntze
- Maclura affinis Miq.
- Maclura chlorocarpa Liebm.
- Maclura mora Griseb.
- Maclura plumerii (Spreng.) D.Don ex Steud.
- Maclura plumiera G.Don f.
- Maclura polyneura Miq.
- Maclura sempervirens Ten.
- Maclura sieberi Blume
and 21 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roldan Zuniga, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Mateusbotanica2020, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos J O Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Antomar Alas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Juan Carlos Ordonez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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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.