Morus australis

Morus australis
Plant specimen in the Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Rosales
Family:Moraceae
Genus:Morus
Species: M. australis
Binomial name
Morus australis
Synonyms[1]

Morus bombycis Koidz.

Morus australis, also called Korean mulberry[2] and Chinese mulberry, is a flowering plant species in the genus Morus found in East and South-East Asia.

The larvae of the freak (Calinaga buddha) feed on M. australis.

The substance Australone A can be found in M. australis.[3]

References

  1. Zhengyi Wu, Zhe-Kun Zhou & Michael G. Gilbert (2013). "Morus australis". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 544. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2016 via Korea Forest Service.
  3. Ko, HH; Yu, SM; Ko, FN; Teng, CM; Lin, CN (1997). "Bioactive constituents of Morus australis and Broussonetia papyrifera". Journal of Natural Products. 60 (10): 1008–11. doi:10.1021/np970186o. PMID 9358644.


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