Cultivated
Small to medium-sized tree ; up to 5 m tall , with a short trunk , and a rounded crown , exude a milky sap from young twigs when broken . Stems glabrous to pubescent , not thorny ; trunk bark greyish-brown with flattened ridges and shallow vertical furrows . Leaves alternate , simple , up to 5–15 cm long , unlobed , broadly ovate , base cordate , apex acute or shortly acuminate , margin crenate-dentate , glossy , smooth . Inflorescences single-sex catkins ; male catkins 2–3 . 5 cm long ; female catkins 1–2 cm long . Flowers dioecious , small , yellowish-green ; male flowers small , stamens 4 , filaments inflexed in bud , green ; female flowers inconspicuous , perianth with 4 free or almost free segments . Fruit drupe , ovoid or cylindrical , white to pink to pale yellow when ripe , multiple-seeded . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Morus alba var. arabica Bureau
Morus alba var. colombassa Ser.
Morus alba var. nigriformis Bureau
Morus alba var. rosea Ser.
Morus chinensis Lodd. ex Loudon
Morus tatarica L.
Morus tokwa (Bureau) K.Koch
No data
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White Mullberry
Weeping White Mulberry
Common Mulberry
Silkworm Mulberry
Not used traditionally. However, the fruit are edible. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org *https://www.cabi.org
