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Broussonetia kazinoki Siebold

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Broussonetia l'hér. ex

Characteristics

Shrubs 2-4 m tall, flowers always produced on leafy stems; monoecious. Branchlets obliquely spreading, pubescent when young, glabrescent. Stipules linear-lanceolate, 3-5 × 0.5-1 mm, apex acuminate. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade ovate to oblique-ovate, simple or 3-lobed, 3-7 × 3-4.5 cm, abaxially subglabrous, adaxially scabrous, base ± rounded to obliquely rounded, margin triangular serrate, apex attenuate to shortly acuminate. Male inflorescences globose, 0.8-1 cm in diam. Female inflorescences globose, pubescent. Male flowers: calyx 3-or 4-lobed, lobes triangular and adaxially pubescent; anthers elliptic. Female flowers: calyx pipelike, apically toothed, lobed, or entire; style 1, papillate at middle. Syncarp 0.8-1 cm in diam., with stellate clusters of stout strongly barbed hairs. Drupelets verrucate compressed; exocarp shell-like. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May-Jun.
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A shrub. It grows 2-4 m tall. It has a spreading habit. Plants are separately male and female. Branches are hairy when young. The twigs are red. The leaf stalks is about 1 cm long. The leaf blade is oval or heart shaped and 3-7 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. Leaves can be 25 cm long. They are either simple or have 3 lobes. There are triangular teeth along the edges. The male flowers are in very short clustered catkins. The female flowers are in small heads. The fruiting heads are red and hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate and subtropical plant. It is native to Japan and Korea. It grows in mountain forests. It suits hardiness zones 6-11.
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Forest margins, low mountains and near houses.
Forest margins, low mountains and near houses.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses eating fiber material medicinal paper
Edible flowers fruits leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from cuttings. Plants can be grown from seed. Seeds may produce male or female plants.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Broussonetia kazinoki world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:850852-1
WFO ID wfo-0000572564
COL ID 5WR98
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629204
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Broussonetia kazinoki Broussonetia sieboldii Broussonetia x hanjiana Broussonetia kazinoki f. koreana
WorldFloraDB 2024