Broussonetia kazinoki seed

LATIN NAME: Broussonetia kazinoki

COMMON NAME: Kazinoki Mulberry

The kazinoki mulberry sets its large, oval, toothed leaves and the small, round, orange-red fruits, and the whole shrub stands in the broad, leafy clumps. The broad, fast-growing, deciduous shrub or small tree carries the large, oval, coarsely toothed, rough-textured, dark-green leaves and the small, greenish flowers in the short, dense catkins through the late spring, one of the fine, bold sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, round, orange-red or dark-purple, sweet, edible fruits. The inner bark and the young twigs have a very long record as the fine, strong, fibrous material of the old workshops, and the shrub is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden. It is a shrub of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The kazinoki mulberry is a historic subject of the plant science, and the fibrous bark keep showing up in the work on the fibre shrubs. The way the fine, strong fibres of the inner bark and the young twigs are used has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the fibre shrubs, the toothed leaves and the members of the mulberry family. The coarsely toothed leaves and the broad habit have also made it a fine study shrub, and the kazinoki mulberry is a regular subject of the work on the fibrous bark of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The kazinoki mulberry is a fine, bold shrub of the warm garden and the study collection. The large, oval, coarsely toothed, rough-textured, dark-green leaves stand in the broad, leafy clumps, and the inner bark and the young twigs have a very long record as the fine, strong, fibrous material of the old workshops, the fibres coming to the cloths, the papers and the cords of the old houses, while the small, greenish flowers in the short, dense catkins open through the late spring, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, round, orange-red or dark-purple, sweet, edible fruits. It is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the fibre patch and the study collection, and it has been written about in the botanical and the agricultural papers for the fibrous bark and the very long history. It is a fine, bold shrub of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young plants the deep, rich, moist bed, and the broad clumps will fill the warm months.

To grow the kazinoki mulberry from seed, sow the small, brown seeds a centimetre down in the deep pot of rich, gritty soil, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings push through within a couple of weeks and grow on fast. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground, the broad clumps will fill the warm months.

Broussonetia kazinoki seed

This is deciduous Asiatic shrub to 5 m (17ft) tall, but commonly smaller (2-3 m = 7-10 ft). Very frost hardy (to zone 6). Monoecious. It creates (in July) – within 4-5 years from seed – edible delicious orange-red mulbery-like fruits (which taste like figs). Rarity. Seeds of open pollinated plants (they can be hybrid because near grows also B. papyrifera).