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NAME: Paper Mulberry

SPECIES / FAMILY:  Broussonetia Papyrifera / Moraceae

OTHER COMMON NAME(S): 

CONDITIONS: sun-partial shade
 

PARTS:	EDIBLE	TASTE	RAW/COOK	SEASON
All
Shoots
Leaves	young		steam/boil/cook	Spring
Stalk/Stem
Buds
Flowers
Fruits		sweet	RAW/DRY/COOK	Aug-Oct
Pods
Seeds
Nuts
Roots
Bark

 

PORTION: small-medium

 

COMMENT: Delicious pompom shape fruits! Best eaten fresh off the tree, but don't bite through the soft center seed.  Young leaves can be steamed or boiled.  // The fruit comprises a ball about 1.5cm in diameter with numerous small edible fruits protruding (segments with hallow black seed at end).(1) Related to mulberry and fig trees.

 

CAUTION:

 

NUTRITION/MEDICINAL:  Astringent;  Diaphoretic;  Diuretic;  Galactogogue;  Haemostatic;  Laxative;  Ophthalmic;  Skin; Stimulant;  Stomachic;  Tonic;  Vulnerary.(1) 

• https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/paper-mulberry

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834973

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33274217

 LOOK-A-LIKES:  

 

POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES: 

 

SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses): Frankly, it is surprising how few websites give information on the edibility of this fantastic fruit!
 

1. https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Broussonetia+papyrifera
2. http://www.eattheweeds.com/broussonetia-papyrifera-paper-chase-2
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_mulberry
4. https://practicalplants.org/wiki/broussonetia_papyrifera
5. https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/paper-mulberry (good photos)
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgukn2ZLs6I (recipe)
7. https://www.echocommunity.org/en/resources/47b18d06-695b-4a26-91a3-a8711856d4c9
8. https://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/the-paper-mulberries-are-fruiting
9. https://wanderlustnursery.com/shop/products/p/paper-mulberry

 

OTHER USES: Fibre;  Leather;  Paper;  Wood.(1) The tree, with extra large leaves, soft on one side, rough on the other, is also a common source of woodland toilet paper.(2)

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190226112417.htm

• https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/living/arts-a-living/making-paper-with-mulberry-bark

• https://kozo.studio/blogs/journal/discovering-the-magic-of-mulberry-paper-origins-production-and-creative-uses

• https://kozo.studio/blogs/journal/from-tree-to-textile-the-art-of-crafting-flexi-mulberry-bark

• https://www.abc.net.au/ra/pacific/people/tapa.htm 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapa_cloth  

• https://feltmagnet.com/crafts/What-is-Mulberry-Paper

• https://www.pinterest.com/mulberrypaperandmore/mulberry-papers

• https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/topics/paper-mulberry-prized-across-the-pacific