Plant Details

Accepted name:

Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent. [Moraceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ambat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amoreira-do-papel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
brahmadaaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brahmadaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
broussonetia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
broussonetiae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chanaru	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chu shi zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chu shih zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chushizi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
dalaing	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dhalubang	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
fructus broussonetiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
galugu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gou shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hippalinerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangali toot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli toot	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
jungli shehtoot	Other	Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
kaagada uppu naerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaagda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamalapputtiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kambali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kambali chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kambli hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kimu	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kodaz	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
korigida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korihannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaing	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
may sa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
momee	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
moral de la china	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
morera de papel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mûrier à papier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
papar malbari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papelero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
paper mulberry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
paper mulberry tree	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
paper-mulberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
papermulberry fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
papiermaulbeerbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pappersmullbär	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pepar malvari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
po faai	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
po krasa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
po sa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
putika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raeshme	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasame	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rong	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sa lè	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
saeh	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sehtoot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shah tut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shalmali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shehtut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shiah-tut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sia tut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sia-tut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silkworm mulberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tapa cloth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tapa cloth tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tapa-cloth-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
thale	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
thootha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tippilinaval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wauke	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild korean mulberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
楮實子	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Bark, Fruits		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
fruit	dried fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Morus australis Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 380 (1797).
Morus papyrifera L. Sp. Pl.: 986 (1753).
Broussonetia billardii Carruth. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 50: 375 (1878).
Broussonetia cordata Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 87 (1856).
Broussonetia cordata K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 440 (1873), not validly publ.
Broussonetia cucullata Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 230 (1840), not validly publ.
Broussonetia dissecta Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 225 (1873).
Broussonetia elegans K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 440 (1873).
Broussonetia kasii Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 17 (1892).
Broussonetia kazi Siebold ex Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 86 (1856).
Broussonetia maculata Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 230 (1840).
Broussonetia nana Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 225 (1873).
Broussonetia navicularis Lodd. ex K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 440 (1873).
Broussonetia navicularis Lodd. ex Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 225 (1873).
Broussonetia navifolia Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 230 (1840), not validly publ.
Broussonetia papyrifera var. cucullata Ser. Descr. Mûriers: 237 (1855).
Broussonetia papyrifera var. integrifolia Miq.
Broussonetia papyrifera var. japonica Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 86 (1856).
Broussonetia papyrifera var. laciniata Ser. Descr. Mûriers: 237 (1855).
Broussonetia papyrifera f. laciniata (Ser.) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 92 (1903).
Broussonetia papyrifera var. leucocarpa Audib. ex Ser. Descr. Mûriers: 236 (1855).
Broussonetia papyrifera f. leucocarpa (Audib. ex Ser.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 149 (1949).
Broussonetia papyrifera f. lucida (Hatus.) T.B.Lee Ill. Woody Pl. Korea: 256 (1966).
Broussonetia papyrifera var. lucida Hatus. Exp. Forest. Kyushu Imp. Univ. 5: 19, 54 (1934).
Broussonetia papyrifera var. normalis Ser. Descr. Mûriers: 236 (1855), not validly publ.
Broussonetia papyrifera f. oppositifolia Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 19: 109 (1932).
Broussonetia papyrifera var. variegata Ser. Descr. Mûriers: 237 (1855).
Broussonetia papyrifera f. variegata (Ser.) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 92 (1903).
Broussonetia spathulata Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 230 (1840).
Broussonetia tricolor K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 440 (1873).
Papyrius japonica Lam. Encycl. 5: 3 (1804).
Papyrius papyrifera (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 629 (1891).
Papyrius polymorphus Cav. Descr. Pl. 2: 343 (1802), nom. superfl.
Smithiodendron artocarpoideum Hu Sunyatsenia 3: 107 (1936).
Stenochasma ancolanum Miq. Pl. Jungh.: 45 (1851).
Streblus cordatus Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 615 (1790).
Trophis cordata (Lour.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 8: 124 (1808).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Brossonetia papyrifera L.	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Broussonetia papyrifer Vent.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Broussonetia papyrifera	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Herit. ex Vent.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér.ex Vent.	Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'her. Ex Vent	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L’Her. ex Vent.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L’Hér. ex Vent.	Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998)
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.)L'Hér. ex Vent.	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Broussonetia papyrifera Linné	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Morus australis	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Morus australis Pair.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Morus australis Poir.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Morus australis Roxburgh	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Morus papyrifera L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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