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Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 986. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Nomenclature:

Morus alba L., Sp. Pl. 986 (1753); Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 1153 (1879). Type: Central China (BM).

Common name:

White Mulberry; תות לבן

Habitat:

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.

Area distribution:

Native of China, possibly also in Iran and Pakistan.

Notes:

Cultivated for its edible fruit, together with the Black Mulberry (M. nigra L.). The leaves were used for feeding  the silkworm Bombyx mori.


 

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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.

 
 
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