Morus trilobata (S.S.Chang) Z.Y.Cao

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Morus

Characteristics

Trees to 3.5 m tall. Branchlets reddish brown, glabrous or subglabrous. Petiole 2-2.5 cm, sparsely hairy; leaf blade deeply 3-5-lobed, 10-13 × 7-10 cm, papery, glabrous or abaxially sparsely pubescent along midvein and lateral veins, base rounded to truncate, margin entire or apically coarsely toothed, teeth apically acute to acuminate and without subulate apiculum or seta; middle lobe narrowly lanceolate, 6-8 × 1-1.5 cm; lateral lobes shorter, lanceolate. Female inflorescences cylindric, 2-4 × ca. 0.5 cm, pubescent; peduncle 8-10 mm, sparsely pubescent. Female flowers: calyx lobes ovate, ca. 2 mm, margins hairy; pistil 4-5 mm; ovary ca. 2 mm; style ca. 1 mm; stigma 2-branched, ca. 2 mm, abaxially pubescent. Achenes ± compressed. Fl. May-Jun.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 3.5
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Morus trilobata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962701-1
WFO ID wfo-0001240248
COL ID 6S36B
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Synonyms

Morus trilobata Morus australis var. trilobata