Paper mulberry

Broussonetia papyrifera

fruit

Orange-red fruits in a spiky ball, very sweet and fragile, eaten as soon as they are picked.

Origin

East Asia

Where to find it

In hedges, waste ground and roadsides in China, Japan and Korea, and naturalized in southern Europe.

Season (United States)

June to August

Preparation

They are picked fully ripe and eaten right away, whole: they stand neither washing nor transport.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its bark gave the first Chinese paper, Japanese washi and Polynesian tapa.