Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.

»ied to DPU HerDanum
by T. 6. Yuncktr
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
no.10114
Broussonetla papyrifera Veht.
Tree 4 m. tall, 8 cm. dlam. In thick-
et near Makefu village. 20 m. alt.
Feb. 7, 1940.
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Dm.
TRUMAN G. YUNCKEE HERBARIUM
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1987
DEPAUW UNIV.
HERBAmUM.
2G406 HERBARIUM
T. G. YUNCKER
Broussonetia papyrifera (Linnaeus) Ventenat, Tabl. Regn. Veg. 3: 547,
1794.
Small tree with densely hairy branches and milky sap. Leaves alternate, scabrous
above, velvety beneath, ovate, serrate, up to 18 or more cm. long and IS or more cm. wide,
sometimes lobed, sharply acuminate, petioles up to 6 or more cm. long. Flowers monoeci-
bus, small, in axillary clusters.
Occasional in villages (10114). Cultivated widely in Polynesia for its bark
which furnishes the fiber for bark cloth (tapa, kapa, hiapo). English name,
paper mulberry. Native name, hiapo.
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