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Broussonetia papyrifera
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Broussonetia papyrifera Vent., Table Regne Veg. 3: 547. 1799; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 490. 1888; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 458. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 662. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 308. 2002.
Ficus palmata Forssk. ssp. virgata sensu Abdul Kader, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 33: 339. 2009, non (Roxb.) Browcz 1982.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Paper mulberry, Tapa cloth tree
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 18 m high, bark smooth, grey, fibrous; latex white; young parts tomentose. Leaves alternate; stipules 6-7 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, membranous, denticulate; petiole 3-10 cm long, slender, tomentose; lamina 4-20 x 1.5-11 cm, ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, base oblique, cordate or truncate, apex acuminate, margin serrate or dentate, scabrous above and hirsute beneath, membranous; 3-ribbed from the base, lateral nerves 4-15 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers unisexual; male flowers: in 20-60 mm long spikes with sterile tip on one side; bracts 1-1.3 mm long, ovate, acute; tepals 4, joined in the lower half; stamens 4, inflexed in bud; pistillode spicate, minute; female flowers : in axillary globose heads to 5-8 mm wide; peduncle 2-5 mm long; bracts 1-1.3 mm long, subpeltate-clavate, with minutely hooked hairs; perianth saccate with 4 short lobes; ovary superior, sessile; style 1, puberulous. Sorosis 10-25 mm wide, orange-red, more or less pulpy; achenes 1.7-2.5 mm long, ovoid-compressed, smooth.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Malappuram, Wayanad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Malesia, China and Japan; introduced in India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kuriarkutty, Kanjirakadavu
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