Biology:Morus macroura

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Short description: Species of tree

Morus macroura
Long Mulberry.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Morus
Species:
M. macroura
Binomial name
Morus macroura
Miq., 1851
Synonyms

Morus laevigata Wall.
Morus alba var. laevigata Bur.
Morus alaisia Deless. ex Moretti

Morus macroura,[2] also known as the king white mulberry,[3] shahtoot mulberry, Tibetan mulberry, or long mulberry is a flowering plant species in the genus Morus found in Tibet, the Himalayas, mountainous area of Indonesia, and rain forests of Indochina.[4][5][6] It is a medium-sized tree, with a spreading canopy which grows with a weeping habit.[7] Ripe fruit is white, pink or red, and is described as honey-sweet.[8]

References

  1. IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2021). "Morus macroura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T192353158A192374133. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192353158/192374133. Retrieved 23 January 2023. 
  2. Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm (1851). "Plantae junghuhnianae :enumeratio plantarum, quas, in insulis Java et Sumatra /Detexit Fr. Junghuhn". Plantae Junghuhnianae. 1. p. 42. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.388. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9100. 
  3. Muhammad Akram; Faheem Aftab (2012). "Efficient micropropagation and rooting of king white mulberry (Morus macroura miq.) var. laevigata from nodal explants of mature tree". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289479985. 
  4. "'Morus macroura'". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Gardens. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-50131548. 
  5. Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/16796949. 
  6. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
  7. Muhammad Akram; Faheem Aftab (2012). "Efficient micropropagation and rooting of king white mulberry (Morus macroura miq.) var. laevigata from nodal explants of mature tree". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289479985. 
  8. Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery (2016). "Mulberry Shahtoot or King White". http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/plant/Mulberry-Shahtoot-King-White.htm. 

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