Mulberry
| Habit | tree
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| Height: | ⇕ | 30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30. to 40 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Water: | ◍ | moderate |
| Features: | ✓ | edible, fruit |
| USDA Zones: | 5 to 9 |
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Moraceae > |
Morus > |
Morus or Mulberry is a genus of 10–16 species of deciduous trees native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, with the majority of the species native to Asia.
The closely related genus Broussonetia is also commonly known as mulberry, notably the Paper Mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera.
Mulberries are fast-growing when young, but soon become slow-growing and rarely exceed 10-15 metres (33-49 ft) tall. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, often lobed, more often lobed on juvenile shoots than on mature trees, and serrated on the margin.
The fruit is a multiple fruit, 2-3 centimetres (0.8-1.2 in) long. The fruits when immature are white or green to pale yellow with pink edges. In most species the fruits are red when they are ripening. A fully ripened mulberry in these species is dark purple to black, edible, and sweet with a good flavor in several species. The fruits of the white-fruited cultivar of the White Mulberry on the other hand are green when unripe and white when ripe; the fruit in this cultivar is sweet, and has a very mild flavor compared with the dark fruits.
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Species
Morus taxonomy is complicated and under dispute. Just 10–16 species of the many named are generally accepted, though there are different groups accepting different names. Large amounts of hybridization has also complicate their classification, with generally fertile hybrids.
These species are generally accepted:
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This list of Morus are all from E and SE Asia. They are additionally accepted by at least one taxonomic list/study; synonymy as given by other lists/studies is shown in parentheses:
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White mulberry
Ripening fruit of a wild color-like variety
Red Mulberry leaf
References
External links
- w:Mulberry. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Mulberry QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)
