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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cudrania tricuspidata''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Moraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Cudrania]]''
| species = '''''C. tricuspidata'''''
| binomial = ''Cudrania tricuspidata''
| binomial_authority = (Carrière) Bureau
| synonyms = ''Maclura tricuspidata'' <small>Carrière</small><br/>''Cudrania triloba'' <small>Hance</small><br/>''Vaniera tricuspidata'' <small>Hu</small>
}}

'''''Cudrania tricuspidata''''' is a [[tree]] native to [[East Asia]], occasionally grown for its [[fruit]], somewhat similar to that of the related [[mulberry]] (''Morus'' spp.).  It is also known by common names including '''cudrang''', '''mandarin melon berry''', '''silkworm thorn''', '''zhe''' or '''che''' ({{zh-cp|c=柘|p=zhè}}), and '''Chinese mulberry''' (but not to be confused with ''Morus australis'' also known by that name).  It grows up to 6 m high.

The [[Tanzhe Temple]] west of [[Beijing]], [[China]] is named for this tree.

== External links ==
* [http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/che.html California Rare Fruit Growers (with fruit photo)]
* [http://www.nju.edu.cn/njuc/plantsweb/species/sangke/zheshu.htm Nanjing University Plant Resources Network (in Chinese, with photo)]
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Cudrania+tricuspidata&CAN=COMIND Plants for a Future database]

[[Category:Fruit]]
[[Category:Moraceae]]

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