Broussonetia papyrifera

Broussonetia papyrifera

FructusBroussonetiae

Papermulberry fruit

[nickname] kumoko, Gauze Paper tree.

[source] the fruit of Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) vent.

[plant morphology] deciduous tree, up to 16m high, with milk. The bark is smooth, dark gray, and the young branches are densely villous. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate, 7-20cm long, 6-15CM wide, margin serrate, usually 3-5-lobed, rough above, densely pilose below, three veined; petiole densely villous. Male inflorescence? Female inflorescence capitate, perianth tubular, ovary stipitate. The fruit is globose, fleshy and orange red. The achenes protrude outwards by the petiole when ripe. The flowering period is may, and the fruiting period is August to October.

It is grown on hillsides, valleys or near cottages. It is mainly produced in Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Yamamoto and Gansu.

[picking] in autumn, the fruit is picked when it is ripe, washed and dried in the sun to remove the gray white membranous calyx and impurities.

[character] achene oblate or oblate ovate, about 2 mm long and 1.5-2 mm wide. The surface is orange red or brownish red, with fine reticular texture or granular protuberance, one side with concave groove, the other side with edge line, and the base has ovary remnant mark. The seed coat is reddish brown and the kernel is white and oily. It tastes light.

[chemical constituents] it contains saponins, etc.

Cold in nature and sweet in taste.

Main indications: tonifying kidney, clearing liver, improving eyesight and diuresis. It can be used for soft and sour waist and knees, bone steaming due to fatigue, sand halo, blurred eyes, and edema.

Chinese PinYin : Chu Shi Zi