Accession #: 199000013
Accession Date: 1988-06-20
Common name: Paper Mulberry
Family: Moraceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: E. Asia - China. Occasionally naturalized in S.E. Europe
Description: The species is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. The staminate inflorescence is a catkin up to 8 centimeters long with fuzzy male flowers. The pistillate inflorescence is a spherical head up to about 2 centimeters wide with greenish female flowers trailing long styles.5 This accession is a pistillate (female) specimen.
Uses: The inner bark of this plant was beaten and the principal ingredient in making tapa cloth or kapa in ancient Polynesia. You can watch a short video <b><a href="https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/hawaii-the-hawaiian-art-of-bark-cloth-making-kauai">here</a></b>.
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USDA Zone: 7a-11
Source: Hurov's (seed)
Provenance:
Restrictions:
Culture:
Moist soil, typically pruned to maintain as a small shrub although plant can attain 50' in the wild.
