Thanks Raman ji for adding useful information
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:57 PM, raman <raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I didn't realize that the ball with hairs is actually the flower. > I was always looking for the male flower. > > > Paper Mulberry is a deciduous tree growing to 15 m tall, native to Japan > and neighbouring areas. The leaves are variable in shape, just like > Mulberry leaves. They can be ovate heart- shaped to deeply lobed. They are > 7–20 cm long, with a rough surface above, fuzzy-downy below and a finely > toothed margin. The male flowers are produced in an oblong inflorescence, > and the female flowers occur in a ball, with long hairs on the surface. In > summer, the female flower matures into a red to orange, sweet, juicy fruit > 3–4 cm diameter, which is an important food for wild animals. The fruit is > edible and very sweet, but too fragile to be commercialised. The bark is > composed of very strong fibres, and can be used for making high-quality > paper. The tender leaves and twigs can be used to feed deer, and the tree > is sometimes nicknamed the "Deer's Tree". >
