Common Name: MULBERRY FAMILY Habit: [Perennial herb] 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. Genera In Family: 37 genera, 1100 species: tropics, subtropics, some temperate; many cultivated (Ficus, fig; Artocarpus, breadfruit, jackfruit; Morus, mulberry). Note: Insect- or wind-pollinated. eFlora Treatment Author: Alan T. Whittemore & Elizabeth McClintock Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: MULBERRY Habit: 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. Etymology: (Latin: mulberry) Note: Wind-pollinated; Morus nigra, black mulberry, waif in urban areas. Reference: Whittemore 2006 Sida 22:769--775
Morus alba L.
NATURALIZED Habit: 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. Ecology: Disturbed areas, moist soil, streambanks; Elevation: < 1300 m. Bioregional Distribution: SNF, GV, WTR; Distribution Outside California: native to China. Flowering Time: Mar--May Note: Widely cultivated; fruit edible; leaves food of silkworm larva. Jepson eFlora Author: Alan T. Whittemore & Elizabeth McClintock Reference: Whittemore 2006 Sida 22:769--775 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Morus Next taxon: Myricaceae
Citation for this treatment: Alan T. Whittemore & Elizabeth McClintock 2012, Morus alba, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=34028, accessed on April 25, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 25, 2024.
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Geographic subdivisions for Morus alba:
SNF, GV, WTR
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