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Family: Moraceae	Genus: Broussonetia	Species: Broussonetia papyrifera (Linn.) L'Hér. ex Vent.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Broussonetia billardii Carruth., Broussonetia cordata Blume, Morus papyrifera L., Broussonetia dissecta Bureau	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Paper mulberry	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Tapacloth tree	Flowering Period	Oct-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Jangli toot	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Upto1000 m	Fruit Type	Aggregate
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit shiny-reddish, fleshy, globose and compound with the achenes 1-2 cm long and wide hanging on long fleshy stalks
Habitat	Deciduous forests and cultivated	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Malesia, China and Japan, India, Pakistan, Thailand	Bark Details	Bark ,grey, fibrous
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Butterfly Park , Rock garden, Patiala-ki-Rao Reserved Forest, Sector 1, Sector 12, Sector 16, Sector 17, Sector 19, Sector 23, Sector 39, Sector 40, Sector 52, Sector 53, Sector 56	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Deciduous trees, upto 18 m high, bark smooth, grey and fibrous. Leaves alternate. Stipules 6-7 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, membranous, denticulate. Petiole 3-10 cm long, slender, tomentose. Lamina 4-20 × 1.5-11 cm. apex acuminate, margin serrate or dentate. 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. Ovary superior, sessile. Style 1, puberulous	Leaf Details

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