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Morus australis
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Morus australis Poir., Encycl. 4: 380. 1797.
Morus indica sensu Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 492. 1888, non L. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1370(958). 1928; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 356. 1995.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Mulberry
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Description:
Dioecious shrubs, 2-5 m tall, with milky sap. Leaves alternate, simple, 12-30 x 4-15 cm, ovate-acuminate or 3-lobed, sharply serrate, prominently veined from the base; stipules minute, caducous. Inflorescence of solitary, axillary, cylindrical spikes; peduncles 1-1.5 cm long, softly tomentose. Staminate spikes 2-3 cm long. Perianth-lobes 4, ovate, imbricate. Stamens 4; filaments inflexed in bud and spreading at anthesis; pistillode present. Pistillate spikes 1.5-2 cm long. Perianth-lobes 4, obovate, decussately imbricate, becoming fleshy in fruit. Ovary ovoid, 1-celled; ovule 1, pendulous; style single, branching towards the apex, stigmas divergent, white, feathery. Fruit an aggregate of drupelets enclosed in the accrescent, succulent perianth; seeds subglobose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
India, Himalaya, Myanmar and West China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alleppey town, Thenmalai
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