Common Name | Himalayan Mulberry |
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Botanical Name | Morus serrata |
Trees up to 15 m tall. Branchlets densely pubescent. Stipules lanceolate-ovate, 1.5-2 cm. Petiole 4-6 cm, densely white pubescent; leaf blade broadly ovate, unlobed, 10-14 × 6-10 cm, abaxially densely white pubescent along midvein and basal lateral veins, adaxially glabrous, base cordate, margin toothed with teeth triangular and apically shortly acuminate, apex acuminate to caudate; basal lateral veins 2, extending to basal half.
Female inflorescences axillary, single; peduncle 0.5-1.5 cm. Female flowers: calyx lobes ovate-orbicular, adaxially pubescent; style absent; stigmas without mastoid like protuberance, 2-branched, pubescent. Syncarp red when mature, shortly cylindric. Achenes ovoid, ± compressed, glabrous. Fl. and fr. May-Jun