Morus alba L. - white mulberry
Morus alba L. - white mulberry
Morus alba L. - white mulberry
Morus alba L. - white mulberry
MT124 : Morus alba
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Morus acidosa Griff.; Morus alba f. nigrobacca Moldenke; Morus alba f. tatarica (L.) Ser.; Morus alba var. atropurpurea (Roxb.) Bur.; Morus arabica Koidz.; Morus atropurpurea Roxb.; Morus bullata Balb. ex Loud.; Morus byzantina Sieber ex Steud.; Morus chinensis Lodd.; Morus colombassa Hort. ex Dippel; Morus constantinopolitana Hort. ex Poir.; Morus cucullata Bonaf.; Morus dulcis Royle; Morus fastigiata Hort. ex Dippel; Morus furcata Hort. ex Steud.; Morus guzziola Hort. ex Steud.; Morus heterophylla Loud.; Morus hispanica Hort. ex Loud.; Morus intermedia Perr.; Morus italica Poir. ex Lam.; Morus japonica Audib. ex Ser.; Morus kaki Hort. ex Lavallee; Morus laciniata Audib. ex Loisel.; Morus latifolia Hort. ex Spach; Morus levasseurei Hort. ex Lavallee; Morus lhou Koidz.; Morus lucida Hort. ex Loud.; Morus macrophylla Hort. ex Steud.; Morus mariettii Hort. ex Steud.; Morus membranacea Hort. ex Steud.; Morus moretti Audib. ex Bur.; Morus morettiana Lodd.; Morus nana Audib. ex Loisel.; Morus nervosa Hort.; Morus nigriformis Koidz.; Morus patavia Audib. ex Dippel; Morus patavina Hort. ex Spach.; Morus pumila Balb.; Morus romana Lodd. ex Spach; Morus rubra Lour.; Morus serotina Mart. ex Bur.; Morus serrata Wall.; Morus sinensis Hort. ex Loud.; Morus stylosa Ser.; Morus subalba Hort. ex Steud.; Morus tatarica L.; Morus tokwa Hort. ex C. Koch; Morus tortuosa Audib. ex Moretti; Morus venassaini Hort. ex Steud.; Morus venosa Del. ex Spach; |
| Plant Common Name | : | White Mulberry, Russian Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry • Hindi: Shahtoot • Tamil: Kambli chedi • Manipuri: Kabrangchak angouba |
| Plant Family | : | MORACEAE |
| Description | : | A deciduous, 8-15 m or rarely up to 20 m tall tree with a dense, compact leafy crown. Trunk with dark grey-brown, rough, vertically fissured bark, tender twigs hairy to glabrescent. Leaves with a crisped hairy, filiform,1-3 (-3.5) cm long petiole. Lamina narrow to broad, ovate, 3-costate from truncate to shallowly cordate base, upper surface glabrous, midrib and principal wins pubescent, secondary veins and ultimate veinlets glabrous, margin regularly serrate or crenate-serrate or irregularly 2-serrate, apex obtuse, acute or shortly acuminate; stipules lanceolate, brownish membranous and hairy. Male catkins 10-20 (-30) mm long including slender, hairy peduncle, with lax flowers. Male flowers: Sepals free, broadly ovate, c. 2.5 mm long, cucullate, obtuse, glabrous to hairy; staminal filaments equal to sepals, with ovate, exserted anthers. Female catkins ovoid, (2) 5-10 (-12) mm long, with out equally long or slightly longer peduncle. Female flowers: Sepals suborbicular, c. as long as or slightly larger than of male flowers, glabrous or ciliate on margins; ovary with glabrous free styles. Sorosis ovoid, 5-8 mm across, white to pinkish-purple or black, sweet and edible. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | cultivated for edible fruits and for sericulture |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The leaves are anti-bacterial, astringent, diaphoretic, hypoglycaemic, odontalgic and ophthalmic. They are taken internally in the treatment of colds, influenza, eye infections and nosebleeds. An injected extract of the leaves can be used in the treatment of elephantiasis and purulent fistulae. The leaves are collected after the first frosts of autumn and can be used fresh but are generally dried. The stems are antirheumatic, antispasmodic, diuretic, hypotensive and pectoral. They are used in the treatment of rheumatic pains and spasms, especially of the upper half of the body, high blood pressure. A tincture of the bark is used to relieve toothache. The branches are harvested in late spring or early summer and are dried for later use. The fruit has a tonic effect on kidney energy. It is used in the treatment of urinary incontinence, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia due to anaemia, neurasthenia, hypertension, diabetes, premature greying of the hair and constipation in the elderly. The root bark is antiasthmatic, antitussive, diuretic, expectorant, hypotensive and sedative. It is used internally in the treatment of asthma, coughs, bronchitis, oedema, hypertension and diabetes. The roots are harvested in the winter and dried for later use. The bark is anthelmintic and purgative, it is used to expel tape worms. anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-microbic, anti-diabetic, anti-tumor, anti-cancer; |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Morusin; morusinol; kuwanon C; mulberrofuran A; kuwanon G; moracenin B; albanin F; kuwanon H; moracenin A; albanin G; sanggenon D; mulberrofurans G; sanggenons B; Mornigrol D; norartocarpetin; Moracins C; alabafuran A, mulberrofurans J; sanggenol L; Cudraflavone B; Caffeic acid; p-coumaric acid; mulberrofuran Y; mulberrofuran H; soroceal; sanggenons E; chalcomoracin; Albanol B; moracin M; mulberrofuran G; albafuran C; Oxyresveratrol; Leachianone G; Mulberroside C; moracin P; moracin O; moran A; cyclomorusin; neocyclomorusin; betulinic acid; mulberroside A; moracin N; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (8): Flavone; Betulinic acid; Betulin; Resveratrol; Caffeic acid; Morusin; Mulberrofuran Y; Sanggenon D; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : ~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID : ~ Kavishankar, G.B; Lakshmidevi, N.; Murthy, S.M.; Prakash, H.S. and Niranjana, S.R.; "Diabetes and medicinal plants-A review"; Int J Pharm Biomed Sci (2011); 2(3): 65-80 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Hamamelididae |
| Order | : Urticales |
| Family | : Moraceae - Mulberry family |
| Genus | : Morus L. - mulberry |
| Species | : Morus alba L. - white mulberry |