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Genus: Morus (mulberries)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Rosids >  Eurosid I > Order: Rosales >  Family: Moraceae

Common or Black Mulberry Morus nigra.

 

About 13 species, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Old and New World, with 1 species, Morus mesozygia, native to southern Africa. In addition, Morus japonica and Morus alba (White Mulberry) occur as escapes from cultivation. The latter species is a declared Category 3 invader plant in southern Africa. The usual mulberry growing in people's gardens is Morus nigra (Common or Black Mulberry).

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