Morus alba L.
var. alba

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Morus alba var. alba

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland

Morus alba var. alba

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland

Morus alba var. alba

Picture: Bart Wursten
24, Athlone Avenue Greendale

Morus alba var. alba

Picture: Bart Wursten
24, Athlone Avenue Greendale

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Small deciduous tree with a rounded crown and often drooping branches. Leaves light green, somewhat glossy with distinct venation; margin coarsely dentate, sometimes lobed. Flowers in small cylindical spikes. Fruit a cylindric cluster of small berry-like syncarps, from almost white to deep red, turning purple-black when ripe.
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Derivation of specific name: alba: white
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Flowering time:Sep - Oct
Worldwide distribution: Native of China, naturalised elsewhere
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Growth form(s): Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Insects associated with this species: spilosoma lineata (Larval foodplant)
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 336 - 340. As Morus alba (Includes a picture).

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 233. As Morus alba

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 63.

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Morus alba var. alba
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Morus alba var. alba

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Morus alba
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Morus alba
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Morus alba
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Morus alba
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iNaturalist: Morus alba
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Morus alba
JSTOR Plant Science: Morus alba
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Morus alba
Plants of the World Online: Morus alba
Tropicos: Morus alba
Wikipedia: Morus alba


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Morus alba var. alba.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120120, retrieved 28 March 2024

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