Paper Mulberry

Paper Mulberry

Broussonetia papyrifera

Moraceae (The Fig Family)

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Location near Missouri State University campus: on Pennsylvania Ave., south of Loren St., south of MSU campus

Broussonetia papyrifera: Paper Mulberry

• leaves alternate, deciduous, simple, polymorphic, general ovate shape, but sometimes with 2-3 lobes; thin, pubescent and rough-textured
• stems stout, gray-green, to gray-brown, pubescent
• bark gray-brown, shallowly ridged
• dioecious--fruit is red-orange, rounded aggregate of drupes (fleshy), like a small hedge-apple
• grows 40-50’ tall and equally wide
• tolerant of most soils
• medium to fast growth rate