In popular discourse, tropical forests are synonymous with'nature'and'wilderness';
battlegrounds between apparently pristine floral, faunal, and human communities, and the …

Background Species of Broussonetia (family Moraceae) are commonly used to make textiles
and high-grade paper. The distribution of Broussonetia papyrifera L. is considered to be …

Background Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent) is a dioecious tree
native to East Asia and mainland Southeast-Asia, introduced prehistorically to Polynesia as …

The social entanglements of vegetative reproduction are considered for three neighbouring
tropical regions that are often considered to exhibit very different histories of plant …

Components of the Pacific transported landscape have been used as proxies to trace the
prehistoric movement of humans across the Pacific for almost two decades. Analyses of …

Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.(Moraceae), or paper mulberry, is a species of cultural
importance in South East Asia, East Asia and the Pacific. Originally from mainland South …

Humans introduced paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) from Taiwan into the Pacific
over 5000 years ago as a fiber source to make barkcloth textiles that were, and still are …

The fiber of paper mulberry, which is mostly grown in the East Asian region, varies in both
length and width—even if from the same species—depending on the country, soil, and …

Background Paper mulberry has been used for thousands of years in Asia and Oceania for
making paper and bark-cloth, respectively. Museums around the world hold valuable …

Abstract Background and Aims Paper mulberry or Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex
Vent.(Moraceae) is a dioecious species native to continental South-east Asia and East Asia …