EPPO Global Database

Broussonetia papyrifera(BRNPA)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-10-07

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BRNPA
  • Preferred name: Broussonetia papyrifera
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Ventenat

Notes

Native to India, Bangladesh, Indochina, China (including Taiwan, Tibet), Korea. Japan (southern Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Ryukyu islands). Used to make paper in past centuries, and still in traditional crafts. Also cultivated as an ornamental tree.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Morus papyrifera Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
common paper mulberry English
paper mulberry English
tapa-cloth tree English
Papier-Maulbeerbaum German
arbre à papier French
broussonétia à papier French
mûrier à papier French
mûrier de Chine French
mûrier d'Espagne French
moral de China Spanish
moral del papel Spanish
morera del China Spanish
morera del Japón Spanish
morera del papel Spanish
gelso da carta Italian
gelso papirifero del Giappone Italian
moro da carta Italian
moro della Cina Italian
amoreira-do-papel Portuguese
pappersmullbär Swedish
kaji-no-ki Japanese
カジノキ Japanese
бруссонетия бумажная Russian
бумажное дерево Russian
шелковица бумажная Russian
papirmorbær Danish
kozo Turkish
brusonecja chińska Polish
kínai papíreperfa Hungarian
brusonetje Albanian
книжна брусонеция Bulgarian
morera de paper Catalan
gòushù Chinese
构树 Chinese
dudovac Croatian
smokovača Croatian
papírovník čínský Czech
꾸지나무 Korean
kku ji na mu Korean
papierovník čínsky Slovak
брусонетія папероносна Ukrainian