Morus alba

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Growing form

Small to medium-sized tree

Size

Up to 15 m

Stem

Bark light brown/grey with flattened ridges and shallow vertical furrows

Leaf

Leaves alternate, broadly ovate, dentate or lobed with 3 prominent veins running from the rounded or obliquely cordate base. Polymorphic, shiny green on the adaxial surface, paler and slightly hairy underneath.

Flower

Dioecious, male inflorescences are small with 4 stamens, filaments inflexed in bud, green and borne on long catkins. Female flowers are inconspicuous, perianth with 4 free or almost free segments, aggregated in short spikes.

Fruit and seed

Fruit an ovoid or cylindrical syncarp composed of achenes, pedunculate, red when immature, blackish-purple, purple or greenish-white when mature. 
Source: Pinkka e-learning: IPS-175 Flora and vegetation of East Africa - Crop plants, weeds and invading species CC BY 4.0

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A total of observations in Finland ?
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Observations
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Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Morus alba
Author
L.
Vernacular names
  • valkomulperi (Finnish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.5009731
Taxon rank
species
Expert
  • Jouko Rikkinen
DNA barcode sequences
Morus alba
75 public records
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
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