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[Perennial] shrub, [ vine] tree, generally with milky juice; monoecious or dioecious.
Leaf: alternate [ opposite], petioled, generally simple, entire to lobed, evergreen or deciduous; stipules present.
Inflorescence: raceme, spike, head, or flowers enclosed in thick receptacle, axillary.
Flower: unisexual or bisexual, small, ± radial; sepals generally 4, free or fused at base; petals 0; stamens generally 4, opposite sepals; ovary generally superior, 1-chambered, style simple or 2-parted.
Fruit: achenes many within fleshy calyces or surrounded by fleshy inflorescence receptacle.
37 genera, 1100 species: tropics, subtrop, some temperate; many cultivated (Ficus, fig; Artocarpus, breadfruit, jackfruit; Morus, mulberry). Insect- or wind-pollinated. —Scientific Editors: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.

Key to Moraceae

Tree, unarmed; monoecious or dioecious.
Stem: buds scaly; stipule scars obscure, not encircling stem.
Leaf: alternate, occasionally clustered with inflorescences, unlobed or 3–5-lobed, toothed, 3–5-veined from base, deciduous.
Inflorescence: catkins, ± pendent, peduncled.
Pistillate flower: style deeply 2-parted.
Fruit: of many achenes within fleshy calyces, resembling blackberries.
± 20 species: temperate, warm temp n hemisphere. (Latin: mulberry) [Whittemore 2006 Sida 22:769–775] Wind-pollinated; Morus nigra, black mulberry, waif in urban areas.

Plant 10–15 m.
Leaf: petiole 5–35 mm; blade 5–12 cm, ovate, coarsely toothed, abaxially glabrous or hairy only in axils of and on major veins, largest lobes generally 0–3, occasionally on 1 side, shallow to deep.
Fruit: 1–2.5 cm, fleshy, white to ± pink or red-black.
Disturbed areas, moist soil, streambanks; < 1300 m. Sierra Nevada Foothills, Great Central Valley, Western Transverse Ranges;

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.