Morus macroura

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]

Morus macroura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm (1851). "Moreae". Plantae junghuhnianae :enumeratio plantarum, quas, in insulis Java et Sumatra /Detexit Fr. Junghuhn. Plantae Junghuhnianae. Vol. 1. p. 42. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.388.
  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".
  4. "'Morus macroura'". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Gardens. Retrieved 9 May 2016 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  5. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  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".
  8. Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery (2016). "Mulberry Shahtoot or King White". Retrieved 2 July 2016.
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