- Family:
- Moraceae Gaudich.
Morus L.

[FTEA]
Moraceae, C.C. Berg (University of Bergen). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1989
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees, dioecious; shoot-apices shed
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves distichous, subtriplinerved; stipules lateral, free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences bracteate Staminate inflorescences spicate; tepals 4, basally connate; stamens 4, inflexed in bud; pistillode present Pistillate inflorescences capitate; tepals 4, basally connate; ovary free; stigmas 2, filiform, subequal in length
- sex Male
- Staminate inflorescences spicate; tepals 4, basally connate; stamens 4, inflexed in bud; pistillode present
- sex Female
- Pistillate inflorescences capitate; tepals 4, basally connate; ovary free; stigmas 2, filiform, subequal in length
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruiting perianth enlarged, fleshy, greenish to yellow; fruit free, somewhat drupaceous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed small, with endosperm; cotyledons flat, equal, plane.
Native to:
Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Louisiana, Malawi, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nigeria, North Carolina, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Zambia, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Ascension, Austria, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chagos Archipelago, Colorado, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Fiji, Free State, Gambia, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Maine, Marianas, Mauritius, Morocco, New Hampshire, Norfolk Is., North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Philippines, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Society Is., South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Windward Is., Xinjiang
- Morus alba L.
- Morus boninensis Koidz.
- Morus cathayana Hemsl.
- Morus celtidifolia Kunth
- Morus indica L.
- Morus insignis Bureau
- Morus koordersiana J.-F.Leroy
- Morus liboensis S.S.Chang
- Morus macroura Miq.
- Morus mesozygia Stapf
- Morus microphylla Buckley
- Morus miyabeana Hotta
- Morus mongolica (Bureau) C.K.Schneid.
- Morus nigra L.
- Morus notabilis C.K.Schneid.
- Morus rubra L.
- Morus serrata Roxb.
- Morus trilobata (S.S.Chang) Z.Y.Cao
- Morus wittiorum Hand.-Mazz.
Morus L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 986 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 6, 2: 19.
Flora Zambesiaca
- C.C. Berg in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 47: 335 (1977)
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 424 (1754).
- Sp. Pl.: 986 (1753)
- in F.T.EA., Moraceae: 2 (1989).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- C.C. Berg in B.J.B.B. 47: 335 (1977)
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 424 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 986 (1753)
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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