*Maclura tricuspidata Carrière. Common name: Cudrania, Strawberry-bush, Che Fruit Tree, Mandarin Melonberry. Phenology: Jul. Habitat: Forest edges, suburban woodlands, escaped and naturalized from plantings. Distribution: Native of China and Korea, where cultivated as a food for silkworms and for its fruit (che). Naturalized in Orange County, NC, in McIntosh County, GA (Jones & Coile 1988), in Clay County, TN (D. Estes, pers. comm., 2015), and at other widely scattered locations in the South, where recommended as a hedge plant since at least 1940 (Rehder 1940).
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, POWO, Gardner et al (2017); = Cudrania tricuspidata (Carrière) Bureau ex Lavallée — FNA3, NS; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Maclura tricuspidata Carrière 1864
Links to other floras: = Cudrania tricuspidata - FNA3
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Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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