Common Paper Mulberry (Goushu)
The Common Paper Mulberry (Goushu) has many aliases, including "Chushu" and "Gushu." In days of old deer herders fed their deer with the tender leaves, and so it is also called "Deer Tree" (Luzishu). The tree bark is rich in fiber, making it useful in making rice paper, cotton paper, and bank notes. The entire plant lactates, and the milk can be used to make paste, or dried and processed to make gold paint, giving rise to another name, "Milk Tree" (Naishu). The round fruit hang on the full female tree like jingles; the orange-red mature fruit are edible, and also suitable for making jam. Like human beings, the Common Paper Mulberry has a male and female version, i.e. they are dioecious. The male flowers have a strip shape like a caterpillar; the female flowers are round like a ball. 