Morus mesozygia

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Morus mesozygia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Morus
Species: M. mesozygia
Binomial name
Morus mesozygia
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Morus mesozygia (black mulberry) is a small to medium sized forest tree of Tropical Africa. Its leaves and fruit provide food for the Mantled Guereza, a colobus monkey native to much of Tropical Africa,[1] and for the the Common Chimpanzee of West and Central Africa. It is also a commercial hardwood.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fashing, Peter J. (2001). "Feeding Ecology of Guerezas in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya: The Importance of Moraceae Fruit in Their Diet". International Journal of Primatology 22 (4): 579-609.