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Morus serrata Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Morus

Characteristics

Trees to 15 m tall. Branchlets densely pubescent. Stipules lanceolate-ovate, 1.5-2 cm. Petiole 4-6 cm, densely white pubescent; leaf blade broadly ovate, unlobed, 10-14 × 6-10 cm, abaxially densely white pubescent along midvein and basal lateral veins, adaxially glabrous, base cordate, margin toothed with teeth triangular and apically shortly acuminate, apex acuminate to caudate; basal lateral veins 2, extending to basal half. Female inflorescences axillary, single; peduncle 0.5-1.5 cm. Female flowers: calyx lobes ovate-orbicular, adaxially pubescent; style absent; stigmas without mastoidlike protuberance, 2-branched, pubescent. Syncarp red when mature, shortly cylindric. Achenes ovoid, ± compressed, glabrous. Fl. and fr. May-Jun.
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A tree. It grows to about 20 m high. It loses its leaves during the year. The bark is dark grey, The bark peels off in irregular woody scales. The small branches are densely hairy. The leaf stalk is 4-6 cm long. The leaves are variable. They are broadly oval. They taper to the tip. They are 10-14 cm long by 6-10 cm wide. They are deeply 3-5 lobed. (Unlobed ?) They have coarse sharp teeth around the edge. The flowers are greenish. The fruit is dry and pink or purple when ripe.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 20.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate to subtropical plant. In Nepal it grows between 1500-2400 m altitude. It grows in open places around villages. In China it grows in forests at about 2300 m in Xizang.
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Forests and shrubberies; at elevations from 1,200-2,700 metres. Mountain forests; at elevations around 2,300 metres in Tibet.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

The ripe fruit are edible. They are eaten raw.
Uses invertebrate food material medicinal shade wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed or from root offshoots.
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 -

Distribution

Morus serrata world distribution map, present in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:854715-1
WFO ID wfo-0001084898
COL ID 6RR6G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Morus serrata Morus pabularia Morus gyirongensis Morus vicorum Morus alba var. serrata
WorldFloraDB 2024