Morus alba L., Sp. Pl. 986 (1753); Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 1153 (1879). Type: Central China (BM).
White Mulberry; תות לבן
Abandoned citrus groves in the coastal plain, gardens in urban areas, wasteland, margin of fields in the formerly Lake Hula areas. Sharon Plain, Philistean Plain, Judean Mts., Upper Jordan Valley.
Native of China, possibly also in Iran and Pakistan.
Cultivated for its edible fruit, together with the Black Mulberry (M. nigra L.). The leaves were used for feeding the silkworm Bombyx mori.
Tree, 15 m. Leaves 6-18 cm., ovate, cordate or rounded at base, acute to acuminate at apex, upper surface smooth lower one pubescent along the veins. Peduncles as long as fruit or shorter. Fruit 1-2 cm., white, pink or purplish. Fr. Summer.