- Family : MORACEAE
(Mulberry Or Fig Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
- Synonym(s) : Morus papyrifera L.; Papyrius papyrifera (L.) Kuntze; Papyrius polymorphus Cav.; Broussonetia billardii Carruth.; Broussonetia cordata K.Koch; Broussonetia cordata Blume; Broussonetia cucullata Steud.; Broussonetia dissecta Bureau
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
- Common name : Paper mulberry, Tapacloth tree
- Vernacular name :
- Kambalichedi (Tamil)
- Tutkuli, Tutkulia, Chuchkoli, Tudgachha (Oria)
- Sahtut (Hindi)
- Putika (Telugu)
- Kiskuri, Nuni (Assamese)
- Latek (Hill-Miri)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Cultivated
- Comments / notes : On hills to 1200m in plantations.
- Key identification features : Deciduous trees, up to 8 m high; Leaves ovate, caudate, acuminate, serrate; Flowers yellowish green, solitary or in axillary spikes; Fruits spherical, stalk brownish chocolate; Seeds subglobose.
- Flower, Fruit : April- May
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district
- Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 406
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
- K.S.Rao-Flowering Plants of IISC, 2009
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 390
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Morus australis. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.
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