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Morus alba |
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White Mulberry |
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China |
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Upright, with an extremely
dense, rounded crown, often displaying a
witches' broom, creating a messy appearance. |
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30-50 feet tall with a spread
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Plants are
polygamo-dioecious.
Flowers are greenish, in stalked, pendulous
catkins, not showy. |
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Leaves are alternate, simple,
2-7 inches long, dimorphic, either undivided or
lobed, with an acute tip, serrate to dentate
margins and a cordate base. |
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Fall color is nonexistent. |
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Fruit is an aggregate of
drupes, white, pink or
purplish in color, ˝-1 inch long, resembling a
blackberry, edible, ripening in late June-July. |
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- 'Pendula' - slender pendulous
branches when grafted high for Weeping
Mulberry
- 'Kingan' - leathery, lustrous leaves,
fruitless, drought resistant and often used
in seashore plantings
- 'Tatarica' - hardiest form with fruits -
Russian Mulberry.
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