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This species is used for paper making and the wood and leaves are used in dyeing.
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Flora of China Vol. 5: 25 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Reported to be cultivated in Punjab (Rawalpindi, Lahore etc.) and Abbotabad by Parker (l.c.) and Stewart, (l.c.). It is often grafted on Morus alba and sometimes bears light purple fruits.
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 47 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Trees 7-12 m tall, d.b.h. 10-20 cm; dioecious. Branchlets pubescent when young. Winter buds ovoid-ellipsoid to ovoid, white pubescent. Stipules small. Petiole 2-4 cm; leaf blade ovate to broadly ovate, 5-15 × 5-9 cm, membranous, abaxially pale green and with short soft hairs along midvein and lateral veins when young, adaxially dark green and with soft hairs along veins, base rounded, ± cordate, or truncate, margin minutely and densely serrate, apex acuminate to shortly acuminate; secondary veins 4-6 on each side of midvein. Male catkins axillary, paired, 4-8 cm; peduncle 1-1.5 cm. Female inflorescences cylindric, 6-12 cm; peduncle 1-1.5 cm. Male flowers: calyx lobes ovate, adaxially pubescent; filament ca. 2.5 mm; anther globose. Female flowers: calyx lobes pubescent; ovary ovoid, declinate, ± compressed, pubescent; style absent; stigma 2-branched, papillate. Syncarp yellowish white when mature, 6-12 cm; achenes ovoid. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Apr-May.
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A small to large tree, upto 10 m tall with a dense crown. Trunk c.1.5-2 m in circumference, with grey smooth bark, young shoots long soft hairy. Leaves with 2.5-4.5 cm long, pubescent petiole; lamina ovate or rotundate-ovate, 7-15 (-18) cm long, 3-10 cm broad, 3-5-costate at the rounded to ± cordate base, sparsely pubescent to glabrous, margins finely serrate, shortly acuminate; stipules lanceolate, pubescent. Male catkins 5-10 cm long including a slender c. 1.5 cm long, pubescent peduncle, densely hairy. Male flowers: sepals 4, ciliate on margins; staminal filaments as long as long as sepals. Female catkins cylindric, 5-12 cm long including c. 2 cm long peduncle, pendulous, lax-flowered, almost glabrous. Female flowers: sepals 4, imbricate, thin, outer 2 concave-rotundate., inner ones plane, floccose-ciliate on margins; ovary with elongated, bipartite style, stigmas patent. Sorosis cylindrical, more than 5 cm long, yellowish-white, fleshy, edible, slightly tasteless.
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 47 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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E Xizang, S Yunnan [Bhutan, Indochina, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sikkim, Thailand].
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Distribution

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Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), India, Indo-China, W. & S. China.
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Distribution: Pakistan India, Nepal, W. & S. China and Indo-China.
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Elevation Range

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1200-1700 m
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flower/Fruit

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Fl. & Fr. Per.: March April.
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Habitat

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Mountain forests, tropical forests; (300-)1000-1300(-2200) m.
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Synonym

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Morus alba Linnaeus var. laevigata Wallich ex Bureau; M. laevigata Wallich ex Brandis; M. macroura var. mawu (Koidzumi) C. Y. Wu & Z. Y. Cao; M. wallichiana Koidzumi; M. wittiorum Handel-Mazzetti var. mawu Koidzumi.
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Morus macroura

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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. 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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Morus macroura: Brief Summary

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Morus macroura, also known as the king white mulberry, 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. It is a medium-sized tree, with a spreading canopy which grows with a weeping habit. Ripe fruit is white, pink or red, and is described as honey-sweet.

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