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Morus mongolica C.K.Schneid.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Morus

Characteristics

Small trees or shrubs; dioecious. Bark grayish brown, furrowed. Old branches grayish black; branchlets dark red. Winter buds grayish brown, ovoid. Stipules 2.5-3.5 cm. Leaf blade elliptic-ovate, 8-15 × 5-8 cm, papery, glabrous, base cordate, margin triangular serrate with a few teeth double serrate, each tooth with subulate apiculum or seta, and apical serrations with long spines, apex shortly acuminate. Male catkins ca. 3 cm. Female inflorescences shortly cylindric, 1-1.5 cm; peduncle 1-1.5 cm. Male flowers: calyx lobes dark yellow, margin adaxially hairy; anthers 2-loculed, longitudinally dehiscent. Female flowers: calyx lobes glabrous or adaxially sparsely pubescent; style long; stigma with a nipple-like protuberance, 2-branched, abaxially densely papillate. Syncarp red to purple when mature, ca. 1.5 cm. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Apr-May.
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A shrub or small tree. The bark is greyish brown and has furrows along it. The young branches are dark red. Old branches are greyish black. The leaf blade is oval and 8-15 cm long by 5-8 cm wide. It is papery. The base is heart shaped and their are triangular teeth along the edge. There can be long spines near the tip. The male catkins are about 3 cm long. The female catkins are 1-1.5 cm long. Male flowers are dark yellow. The fruit is red to purple when mature. Several varieties have been described. They vary on the shape of the leaf blade.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 7.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on mountain slopes and in high mountain forest between 500-3500 m altitude in N China. In Yunnan.
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Mountain slopes, high mountains and forests; at elevations from 500-3,500 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

Uses fiber invertebrate food medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Morus mongolica unspecified picture

Distribution

Morus mongolica world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Republic of), and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Conservation status

Morus mongolica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:584372-1
WFO ID wfo-0001230837
COL ID 44FT6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Morus mongolica Morus deqinensis Morus barkamensis Morus mongolica var. rotundifolia Morus mongolica var. barkamensis Morus mongolica var. longicaudata Morus mongolica var. hopeiensis Morus mongolica var. diabolica Morus alba var. mongolica Morus mongolica var. vestita Morus mongolica var. pubescens
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