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with … twigs=downy;buds spread away from twigs;leaves sometimes ♧ lobed,▲▲ teeth visible from 🚶︎🚶︎ 2 steps back◼︎ red mulberry Morus rubra twigs=not downy;buds grow along twigs;leaves usually ♧ lobed (1–2–5–7),▲▲ large teeth visible from 🚶︎🚶︎🚶︎ 3 steps back◼︎ white mulberry Morus alba
Part of fig/mulberry family Moraceae in 🍎︎ apple / 🍇︎ berry / buckthorn / elm / hemp / 🌹︎ rose order Rosales.
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Despite its common name, botanically, its fruit is not a berry, but a "multiple fruit" (🍎︎🍇︎🌰︎🌾︎ fruit terminology).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) Recipes.
Morus hosts caterpillars of 9 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍁︎🍂︎ simple 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍁︎ simple ♧ lobed with ∧ pointed tips 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍂︎ simple non-lobed ▲▲ toothed multiple short 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds not larger 🍎︎🍇︎🌰︎🌾︎ fruit berries nuts cones seeds
◼︎ white mulberry Morus alba ◼︎ red mulberry Morus rubra