Mulberry

Morus australis

  • Mulberry
  • Mulberry
  • Flower name
    Mulberry
  • Scientific name
    Morus australis
  • Aliasマルベリー, Mulberry, 桑, kuwa, 山桑, クワ
  • Place of originEast Asia, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas
  • Place of floweringGarden, Field
  • Flowering seasonApril

What is Mulberry

Mulberry, scientific name:Morus australis, is a deciduous tree of the deparment moraceae , of morus genus native to East Asian, Southeast Asian and Himalayan. It is a tree comes out in Japan's "scorch". It was planted in the field for feeding silkworms, however seen so much now. Has gray bark, leaves are oval in shape and shiny are thinner, have serrated leaf edge. In the dioecious, bloom spikes in the spring, the male and female spherical. Consisting of flowers after the fruit is eaten. Wood has a hard, deep yellow.Shoots the feeding of silkworms, material stringed instruments such as the Biwa and Shamisen, Rhizome herbal, fruit in mulberry raw food and wine, and feed the birds.

Common name: Mulberry, scientific name:Morus australis , Synonyms:Morus bombycis, origin: the Habitat: national, environment: mountains, vineyards, life type: deciduous trees, height: 15 m Bark color: gray, leaf color: yellow-green, leaf quality: glossy, and leaf thickness: thin, margin serrate leaf shape: oval, dioecious, flowering: April, male flowers: spikes, long:1.5cm male flowers, inflorescences: spherical, female diameter:0.5cm, female inflorescence color: white filiform and fruiting period: may, fruit types: liquid fruit, fruit color: green → red-black, Material: hard, deep yellow


  • Order
    Rosales
  • Family
    Moraceae
  • Genus
    Morus
  • Species
    M. australis
  • Type of flower
    Other
  • Array of flower
    Caudal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    without
  • Leaf type
    Oval
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeDeciduous tree
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorRed
  • Height1000.0 ~ 1500.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.4 ~ 0.6 cm

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