| Dicotyledon | Literature for Morus alba
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Moraceae -- The Mulberry Family | Bibliography |
| Morus alba | |
Common name(s): mulberry, kilika, white mulberry |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to China, widely cultivated and naturalized.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Shrubs or small trees up to 7 m tall, in cultivation sometimes larger; branches pubescent when young, soon glabrate. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves narrowly to broadly ovate, 5-18 cm long, 2-10 cm wide, sparsely pubescent at least on lower surface along principal veins, margins coarsely serrate, apex acute to acuminate, base rounded to cordate, petioles 1-3 cm long. Staminate spikes 10-20 mm long; pistillate spikes 5-10 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Syncarps white, pinkish, or purple, 1-2.5 cm long, sweet but insipid. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 14, 28, 42 |
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