Morus australis

Chinese mulberry
Plant specimen in the Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Moreae
Genus: Morus
Species: M. australis
Binomial name
Morus australis
Poir.
Synonyms[1]

Morus bombycis Koidz.

Morus australis, (Chinese mulberry), is a flowering plant species in the genus Morus found in South-East Asia.

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

Australone A can be found in M. australis.[2]

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. 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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