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Part of mulberry genus Morus in fig/mulberry family Moraceae in 🍎︎ apple / 🍇︎ berry / buckthorn / elm / hemp / 🌹︎ rose order Rosales.
Despite its common name, botanically, its fruit is not a berry, but a "multiple fruit".
Native to northern 🇨🇳 China. ▭ 🌎︎ Map (eastern 🇺🇸 USA). Invasive > 🌐︎ global Invasive > 🌐︎ various Invasive > 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇺🇸 USA Invasive > report it! Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Invasive > Michigan Control and Alternatives (Maryland). (page 3) Widely cultivated in the other parts of Asia, and 🌎︎ the Americas.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
This plant is known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula.
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mulberry genus Morus
🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula