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My lifeMy life

HiHi!! my name’s Morus Alba, I’m from my name’s Morus Alba, I’m from occidental Asia, occidental Asia,

MyMy Kingdom is :Kingdom is :PlantaeMy Division is :MagnoliophytaMy Division is :MagnoliophytaMy Class is :MagnoliopsidaMy Class is :MagnoliopsidaMy Order is :RosalesMy Order is :RosalesMy Family is :MoraceaeMy Family is :MoraceaeMy Genus is:My Genus is:MorusMorusMy Species is :My Species is :M. albaM. alba

My trunkMy trunk

My trunk is brown and Rough. I’m a bit thin.My trunk is brown and Rough. I’m a bit thin.I have many branches and a round crown.I have many branches and a round crown. Worms and birds live in my trunk.Worms and birds live in my trunk.

My leavesMy leaves

I have broadly oval leaves, with sharp apex. I have broadly oval leaves, with sharp apex. Semi truncated at the base and oblique. Semi truncated at the base and oblique. Toothed edge or irregularly oval.Toothed edge or irregularly oval.My leaves are My leaves are light green in summer.light green in summer.

My flowers and fruitsMy flowers and fruits

I have small flowers that grow forming tight I have small flowers that grow forming tight and elongated spikes. After the flowering and elongated spikes. After the flowering period (May or June) there arise the period (May or June) there arise the compound fruits formed by small narrowly compound fruits formed by small narrowly grouped drupes, between 2-3 cm of length, of grouped drupes, between 2-3 cm of length, of white color to reddish. The fruits of Morus white color to reddish. The fruits of Morus nigra and Morus rubra are those of better nigra and Morus rubra are those of better flavour, whereas those of white Morus turn out flavour, whereas those of white Morus turn out to be tasteless.to be tasteless.

My use and my cultureMy use and my culture

I‘m cultivated by my leaves, only one I feed of I‘m cultivated by my leaves, only one I feed of the worms of it sedates, whose cocoons are in the worms of it sedates, whose cocoons are in use for making it silk. I come from Asia and I use for making it silk. I come from Asia and I was were not known in West until the 6th was were not known in West until the 6th century when the Nestorian monks established century when the Nestorian monks established the route of silk.the route of silk.

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