Red Mulberry

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Red Mulberry
The bark of the Red mulberry tree
The bark of the Red mulberry tree
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Morus
Species: M. rubra

Binomial name
Morus rubra
L.

The Red Mulberry (Morus rubra) is a species of mulberry, native to eastern North America, from southernmost Ontario and Vermont south to Florida and west to southeast South Dakota and central Texas. Red Mulberry is listed as an endangered species in Canada.

It is a deciduous tree, growing to 10-15 m tall, rarely 20 m, with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter. The leaves are alternate, 7-14 cm long and 6-12 cm broad, simple, broadly cordate, with a shallow notch at the base, unlobed on mature trees, often with 2-3 lobes on young trees, and with a finely serrated margin.

The fruit is a compound cluster of several small drupes, similar in appearance to a blackberry, 2-3 cm long, red ripening dark purple, edible and very sweet with a good flavor.

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