Statue of Unity – Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat Rain Forest Ektanagar

Morus laevigata

Syn. Morus macroura

IUCN Red List Not Evaluated (NE)

Local name

  • King White Mulberry (English)
  • Shahtoot (Hindi)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Moraceae
10m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Morus laevigata bark

Bark

Grey smooth bark, young shoots long soft hairy.

Morus laevigata leaves

Leaves

Leaves are carried on 2.5-4.5 cm long, velvety stalk. Leaves are ovate or round-ovate, 7-15 cm long, 3-10 cm broad, sparsely velvety to hairless, margins finely toothed.

Morus laevigata flower

Flower

Male catkins are 5-10 cm long including a slender 1.5 cm long, velvety stalk, densely hairy. Female catkins are cylindric, 5-12 cm long including 2 cm long stalk, pendulous, lax-flowered, almost hairless.

Morus laevigata fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

The individual aggregate fruits (syncarps) can grow up to 12 centimeters (nearly 5 inches) long.

Morus laevigata

Did you know?

Produces long, cylindrical fruits that look like hanging worms or ropes. The cylindrical fruits can reach about 12 cm and hang like rope.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China, Sumatera to Jawa