Broussonetia papyrifera(L.) Vent.

Paper mulberry

WFO wfo-0000572577 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Broussonetia papyrifera, photographed by 五色鳥
fig. a 五色鳥, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-07 / obs. 204024548
Broussonetia papyrifera, photographed by 五色鳥
fig. b 五色鳥, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201486318
Broussonetia papyrifera, photographed by Luka S. (someplant)
fig. c Luka S. (someplant), CC0 1.0 / obs. 203721275
Broussonetia papyrifera, photographed by 五色鳥
fig. d 五色鳥, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201494264
Broussonetia papyrifera, photographed by 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN
fig. e 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199244327
Broussonetia papyrifera, photographed by Zinogre
fig. f Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 200732588
Broussonetia papyrifera, photographed by chiuluan
fig. g chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200645700
Broussonetia papyrifera, photographed by Lauren Gillett
fig. h Lauren Gillett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197080641

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Flowering n = 709 observations

Peak flowering in Apr, from 709 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 22 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Broussonetia billiardii Carrière
  • Broussonetia cordata Blume
  • Broussonetia cordata hort. ex K.Koch
  • Broussonetia cucullata hort. ex Steud.
  • Broussonetia dissecta hort. ex Bureau
  • Broussonetia elegans hort. ex K.Koch
  • Broussonetia kasii hort. ex Dippel
  • Broussonetia kazi Siebold ex Blume
  • Broussonetia maculata hort. ex Steud.
  • Broussonetia nana hort. ex Bureau
  • Broussonetia navicularis Lodd. ex Bureau
  • Broussonetia navicularis Lodd. ex K.Koch
  • Broussonetia navifolia hort. ex Steud.
  • Broussonetia papyrifera var. integrifolia Miq.
  • Broussonetia spathulata hort. ex Steud.
  • Broussonetia tricolor hort. ex K.Koch
  • Morus papyrifera L.
  • Papyrius papyrifera (L.) Kuntze
  • Smithiodendron artocarpoideum Hu
  • Stenochasma ancolanum Miq.
  • Streblus cordatus Lour.
  • Trophis cordata (Lour.) Poir.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.