Mandarin Melon Berry (Maclura tricuspidata Carrière)
Also known as Chinese mulberry, storehousebush, silkworm thorn, cudrang, kujibbong.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Introduced | |
| Introduced or Not Present |
This map is based on our research. We have checked its accuracy to Level 3 ecoregions. Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
FSUS marks all of these introductions as waifs, meaning that they formed only transient naturalized populations and did not persist in the wild. However, BONAP shows them as introductions, not waifs. POWO does not even report this species occurring in North America.
↑Related Plants
This species is closely related to the Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera), which is native to North America but had died out to a small range, and then expanded due to widespread planting by humans following European colonization. No other Maclura species occur in North America.
↑Notes
We recommend against the use of the common name "Chinese mulberry" as that more frequently is used to refer to the species Morus australis, and it is also misleading as this species is not in the Morus genus which most mulberries belong to.
↑Links & External Resources
• Maclura tricuspidata | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Maclura tricuspidata Carrière | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)
