Morus cathayana · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online
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Within Vinony's link graph, Morus cathayana is referenced by 1 other article, and connects out to Morus, plant and Wikidata.
It is catalogued under topics including Crops originating from China, Flora of China and IUCN Red List least concern species.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyMoraceae
Small trees or shrubs; monoecious. Bark grayish white, smooth. Branchlets pubescent when young, glabrescent, conspicuously lenticellate. Stipules lanceolate. Petiole 2-5 cm, pubescent; leaf blade broadly ovate to ± orbicular, sometimes lobed, 8-20 × 6-13 cm, thick papery, abaxially densely white or yellowish gray pubescent, adaxially scabrous, sparsely covered with short hairs, and basally pubescent along veins, base cordate to truncate and ± oblique, margin shallowly to coarsely serrate or basally entire and apically shallowly serrate, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Male catkins 3-5 cm. Female catkins 1-3 cm. Male flowers: calyx lobes yellowish green, narrowly ovate, adaxially pubescent; stamens 4; pistillode small. Female flowers: calyx lobes obovate, apically pubescent; styles short; stigmas without mastoidlike protuberance, 2-branched, abaxially pubescent. Syncarp white, red, or dark purple when mature, cylindric, 2-3 cm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May-Jun.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 72
- With media
- 60
- Family
- Moraceae
- Collections
- YPM, MICH, CM, MU, A, US
- Recorded in
- China, Japan
Wikidata facts
Show 8 more facts
- taxon name
- Morus cathayana
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- 鸡桑根
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon range
- Guangdong
- short name
- M. cathayana
- taxon author citation
- Hemsl.
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