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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Maclura tricuspidata   FAMILY Moraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cudrania tricuspidata   FAMILY Moraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Maclura tricuspidata

(?) Flora of China

Maclura tricuspidata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Cudrania tricuspidata

 

COMMON NAME:
Cudrania, Strawberry-bush, Chinese Che


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image of Maclura tricuspidata, Cudrania, Strawberry-bush, Chinese Che

Sam Pratt    sbp_3419

September    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Leaf margin entire; secondary veins 4-6 on each side of midvein, per Flora of China.

image of Maclura tricuspidata, Cudrania, Strawberry-bush, Chinese Che

Sam Pratt    sbp_3421

September    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Leaf blade ovate to rhombic-ovate, occ. 3-lobed, base rounded to cuneate, per Flora of China.

image of Maclura tricuspidata, Cudrania, Strawberry-bush, Chinese Che

Sam Pratt    sbp_4013

September    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Fruiting syncarp orange red when mature, ± globose, ca. 2.5 cm in diameter, per Flora of China.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Maclura tricuspidata   FAMILY Moraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cudrania tricuspidata   FAMILY Moraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Maclura tricuspidata

(?) Flora of China
Maclura tricuspidata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Cudrania tricuspidata

 

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Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: forest edges, suburban woodlands, escaped and naturalized from plantings, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China/Korea

Waifs (escaped & naturalized from plantings)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has translucent to milky-white latex

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with nodal spines

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1–2cm, sparsely pubescent

FLOWER:
Summer
Radially symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, usually
Staminate flowers have as many stamens as calyx lobes
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red
Berry-like multiple

 

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