Paper Mulberry
Broussonetia papyrifera
Moraceae (The Fig Family)
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Location near Missouri State University campus: on Pennsylvania Ave., south of Loren St., south of MSU campus
Broussonetia papyrifera:
Paper Mulberry
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leaves alternate, deciduous, simple, polymorphic, general ovate shape,
but sometimes with 2-3 lobes; thin, pubescent and rough-textured
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stems stout, gray-green, to gray-brown, pubescent
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bark gray-brown, shallowly ridged
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dioecious—fruit is red-orange, rounded aggregate of drupes (fleshy),
like a small hedge-apple
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grows 40-50’ tall and equally wide
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tolerant of most soils
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medium to fast growth rate