Morus alba

White mulberry

White mulberry is a moderately fast-growing, deciduous shrub. It grows upto 20 - 35 metres tall. It has a fairly cylindrical, straight bole up to 50cm in diameter and free of buttresses. The tree has a wide range of uses, being valued especially for its edible fruit and medicinal uses. It is cultivated in home gardens for its edible fruit, there are a number of varieties.It is also often grown as an ornamental.

Uses

Gonorrhoea, Kidney problems, Bladder trouble.

Parts Used

Fruit.

Chemical Composition

Mineral compositions of the mulberry species were 0.83% N, 235 mg/100 g P, 1141 mg/100 g K, 139 mg/100 g Ca, 109 mg/100 g Mg, 60 mg/100 g Na, 4.3 mg/100 g Fe, 0.4 mg/100 g Cu, 4.0 mg/100 g Mn and 3.1 mg/100 g Zn.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Reshmae hannu
Hindi	शहतूत Shahtoot
Malayalam
Tamil	கம்பிளிச Kambli chedi
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English	White Mulberry, Russian Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Rasa

Sweet

Veerya

Sheeta

Habit

Evergreen Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	round in outline, 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) long	Leaves of the red mulberry are larger and thicker, blunt toothed and often lobed.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual		green		pendulous, nondescript catkins that appear in the axils of the current season's growth and on spurs on older wood.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit	ovoid	1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) long	White mulberries		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

It has become widely naturalized in disturbed areas such as roadsides and the edges of tree lots, along with urban areas in much of North America, where it hybridizes readily with the locally native red mulberry (Morus rubra). There is now serious concern for the long-term genetic viability of the red mulberry because of extensive hybridization in some areas.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Forests.

Photo Gallery

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  Белая шелковица (White mulberry)

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  Leaves and fruit

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  Leaves and fruit

External Links

• Uses of Morus alba