Paper mulberry
| Paper mulberry | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Broussonetia |
| Species: | B. papyrifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Broussonetia papyrifera | |
| Synonyms | |
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| Paper mulberry | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 構樹 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 构树 | ||||||||
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The paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera, syn. Morus papyrifera L.) is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae. It is native to Asia, where its range includes mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Myanmar, and India. It is widely cultivated elsewhere and it grows as an introduced species in New Zealand, parts of Europe, the United States, and Africa. Other common names include tapa cloth tree.