Jangli Toot / Paper Mulberry
Broussonetia papyrifera
Also known as Tapacloth Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- August-February
How to identify Jangli Toot
Identify Jangli Toot by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fibrous bark used for paper (paper mulberry).
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Catkin.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-February.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Broussonetia papyrifera
- Genus
- Broussonetia
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- East Asia
- Distribution
- India, Malesia, China and Japan
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Delhi, Punjab, Telangana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Rajasthan
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The blades may be lobed or unlobed, but they usually have toothed edges, lightly hairy, pale undersides, and a rough texture.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- HirsuterecordedCovered in coarse, stiff, bristly hairs.“The blades may be lobed or unlobed, but they usually have toothed edges, lightly hairy, pale undersides, and a rough texture.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jangli Toot itself; the rest are typical of the Moraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish“The pistillate inflorescence is a spherical head up to about 2 cm (0.79 in) wide with greenish female flowers trailing long styles.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- CatkinrecordedA slim, often dangling spike of tiny, usually wind-pollinated flowers.“The staminate inflorescence is a catkin up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long with fuzzy male flowers.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“Each individual protruding fruit in the cluster is a drupe.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Catkin
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jangli Toot itself; the rest are typical of the Moraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- जंगली तूत Jangli toot
- Kannada
- kaagda, kaagada uppu naerale
- Malayalam
- പേപ്പർ മൾബെറി
About Jangli Toot
Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) is a tree in the Moraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and 17 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and cut for timber and furniture. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Jangli Toot belongs to the Moraceae family.
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