Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Broussonetia Papyrifera

Size:

36'-50' tall by as wide

Leaves:

alternate, opposite or whorled, 3.5"-8" long, unlobed or shallowly to deeply lobed, toothed, soft downy above and beneath

Flowers:

male flowers in pendant catkins, female in round clusters

Fruit:

red, 3/4" round cluster

Fall Interest:

deciduous

Culture:

sun; adaptable

Disease/Insect:

Use:

not recommended due to aggressive spread and brittle wood

Cultivars:

Notes:

bark gray-green and smooth; milky sap; tendency to sucker profusely and become weedy; related to the mulberries (Morus) but less woody; native to China and Japan