Morus alba

• Botanical Name : Morus alba L.
• Synonyms : Morus intermedia Perr.
• Common Name : Shetoor, White Mulberry, Russian Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry
• Plant Family : Moraceae
• Plant Form : Shrub
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 12, 15, 24, 27, 28
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan

About Morus alba Plant :

• Habit : A large, deciduous shrub.
• Leaves : Ovate, thin, cordate, acute, serrate, often lobed, stipules small.
• Flowers :
  • Monoecious.
  • Male flowers in short spikes, sepals 4, stamens 4, rudimentary ovary present.
  • Female flowers sepals 4, becoming fleshy and enlarged in fruits, ovary 1-celled, ovule one, stigma bifid.
• Fruit : Sorosis small, oblong, red, formed of fleshy calycis.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : February-March
• Significance : Cultivated mainly for its edible fruits.