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White Mulberry

Morus alba · Moraceae · 뽕나무

How to spot it

Glossy upper leaf surface and little hair beneath; unlobed and lobed leaves can appear on the same tree.

Look

Leaves
Toothed simple leaves, with both unlobed leaves and mitten-shaped or three-lobed leaves.
Flowers
Small yellow-green flowers form dense, drooping clusters.
Fruit
Ripe fruit color varies: white, pink, dark red, purplish black and others.
Bark
Gray-brown bark with shallow vertical furrows, becoming deeper and rougher with age.

Where it grows

In Korea
Planted (Hanbat Arboretum)
Native to
China
Ecology
A food plant of silkworms; the fruit is eaten by birds and many mammals. In the United States it can hybridize with the native Morus rubra.

Famous White Mulberry trees in Korea

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