• Family : MORACEAE
  (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MORACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Morus alba L.
• Common name : White Mulberry, Mulberry
• Vernacular name : Tut (Hindi), Tutam (Sanskrit); Hippunerale (Kannada), Mulbari, Pattunoolpuzhuchedi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Cultivated
• Comments / notes : Often cultivated. Leaves used for feeding silkworms. Fruits are edible and sometimes sold.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collection Nos : R.R.Rao 740
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
• Native : China
• World Distribution : India, Afghanistan and North West Asia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Pullaiah, Ali Moulali, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 2. pp. 905; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Morus alba. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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