Morus indica L.

 
  • Family : MORACEAE
    (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Moraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Morus acidosa Griff.; Morus alba var. cuspidata Bureau; Morus alba var. japonica Moretti; Morus alba var. latifolia (Poir.) Moretti; Morus alba var. stylosa Bureau; Morus amamiana Nakai; Morus alba var. indica (L.) Bureau
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Morus indica L.
  • Common name : Mulberry
  • Vernacular name :
    • Shehtoot (Hindi)
    • Hippu neerale, Kamblihula gida, Reshime gida (Kannada)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Silk worms are feed on leaves; Wood yellowish and valuable; Fruits are edible.
  • Key identification features : Medium sized, deciduous trees; bark brownish, often exude milky latex; Leaves ovate, sharply serrate, membranous, scaberulous, truncate or cordate at base; Flowers in spikes, appear with young leaves; tepals obovate, hairy; Fruits subglobose, blackish.
  • Flower, Fruit : February- July
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Sakhalin, South China Sea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Sakhalin, South China Sea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 406
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Morus indica. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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