Morus macroura Miq.

This species is native to Himalaya, China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China, Sumatera to Jawa; introduced and cultivated elsewhere. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There are 3 known species of Morus found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

Cultivated

علم تشكل النبات


Medium sized deciduous tree ; up to 10 m tall , with a spreading canopy . Stems pubescent when young , especially at nodes ; trunk 1 . 5-2 m , with grey smooth bark ; young shoots long soft hairy . Leaves ovate or round-ovate , 7-15 cm long , 3-10 cm broad , base rounded to cordate , apex acuminate , margins finely toothed , dark green upper surface and pale green underneath . Inflorescences male inflorescence is in the form of catkins , 4 – 8 cm long , axillary and paired ; female inflorescence is cylindrical (6 - 12 cm long) . Flowers monoecious ; male flowers with ovate , ciliate calyx lobes , comprises of filament (2 . 5 mm long) , anther globose ; female flowers with pubescent calyx lobes of two types , ovary ovoid , ± compressed , pubescent , style absent , stigma 2-branched , papillate . Fruit syncarp , long , juicy , yellowish white when mature . (Ref . https://www . flowersofindia . net) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment

الوفرة


Not Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Morus alba var. laevigata Bur.
Morus laevigata Wall.

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


King White Mulberry
Shahtoot Mulberry
 Dwarf Red Shartoot
Himalayan Mulberry
Long-fruited Mulberry
Pakistan Mulberry
Tibetan Mulberry
Long Mulberry

الأسماء المحلية


fursad mal bahar (Northern Oman)

الاستخدامات


Not used traditionally.

المراجع


*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.flowersofindia.net *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z.

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