The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Broussonetia

a genus of trees and shrubs of the Moraceae family. These are monoecious plants. The leaves are petiolate, whole, or lobed, with deciduous stipules. There are six to eight species in eastern Asia and Polynesia. High-quality paper (for money, government documents, and so forth) is made from the bark of young shoots of the paper mulberry (B. papyrifera), native to eastern Asia. The local population also makes clothing (so-called tapa, or kapa) and rope from the bark. In the USSR the paper mulberry is raised mostly in the Crimea, the Caucasus, and in Middle Asia. Another species (B. kazinoki) grows wild on the Korean peninsula and in Japan and also serves as a source of high-quality paper. In the USSR it is cultivated in Sukhumi.

M. E. KIRPICHNIKOV

References in periodicals archive

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Population Estimation and Habitat Analysis of Indian Grey Mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) in Mirpur District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Papyriflavonol A from Broussonetia papyrifera inhibits the passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reaction and has a secretory phospholipase A2-inhibitory activity.

Cytotoxic effects of kazinol A derived from Broussonetia papyrifera on human bladder cancer cells, T24 and T24R2

As well as Colocasia esculenta, microfossils of Ipomoea batatas, Lagenaria siceraria (bottle gourd) and Broussonetia papyrifera (paper mulberry) have been identified at archaeological sites elsewhere in New Zealand (Horrocks 2004).

Microfossils of introduced starch cultigens from an early wetland ditch in New Zealand

The ancient Chinese and Koreans pounded the bast of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) to make thin sheets of writing paper, while the early Romans produced paper from the inner bark of basswood.

Secrets of Bark

Smooth brome Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Paper-mulberry L'Her.

Invasive Exotic Pest Plants in Tennessee

0.05 2.47 2.20 1.57 Acer negundo 0.02 1.44 0.73 0.73 Morus rubra 0.00 0.72 1.47 0.73 Ulmus rubra 0.00 0.51 0.74 0.42 Sophora affinis 0.00 0.51 0.49 0.33 Quercus shumardii 0.02 0.31 0.49 0.27 Gleditsia triacanthos 0.00 0.11 0.25 0.12 Broussonetia papyrifera 0.00 0.11 0.25 0.12 (shrub) Sum 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Table 3.

A phytosociological description of a remnant bottomland hardwood forest in Denton County, Texas

Leaves were sampled from 13 individual trees belonging to eight species (Baudouinia fluggeiformis, Broussonetia greveana, Capurodendron sp., Colubrina decipiens, Dalbergia sp., Gmelina sp., Grewia sp., and Xyloolaena sp.).

Low-level forest disturbance effects on primary production, leaf chemistry, and lemur populations

Extraction, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Broussonetia papyrifera fruits polysaccharides.

Effect of Broussonetia papyrifera L. (paper mulberry) silage on dry matter intake, milk composition, antioxidant capacity and milk fatty acid profile in dairy cows

At the time of this study the vegetation cover of the park comprised of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb, Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L.

Field Evaluation of Coumatetralyl for the Control of Wild Boar, Sus scrofa cristatus

glabra Thunberg Moraceae Broussonetia papvrifera(L.) 7 L.

Research progress on karst tiankeng ecosystems