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Morus macroura

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Wikipedia Abstract

Morus macroura, also known as the king white mulberry, shahtoot mulberry, Tibetan mulberry, or long mulbery is a flowering plant species in the genus Morus found in Tibet, the Himalayas, and rain forests of Indochina. It is a medium sized tree, with a spreading canopy which grows with a weeping habit. Ripe fruit is white, pink or red, and is described as honey-sweet.
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Infraspecies

Morus macroura var. laxiflora
Morus macroura var. macroura
Morus macroura var. mawu
Morus macroura var. viridis

Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  1440 lbf (653 kgf) Medium
Specific Gravity [2]  0.55

Predators

Aonidiella orientalis (Oriental Scale)[3]
Trachypithecus pileatus (capped leaf monkey)[4]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4Feeding Ecology of Trachypithecus pileatus in India, G. S. Solanki & Awadhesh Kumar & B. K. Sharma, Int J Primatol (2008) 29:173–182
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0