| Morus australis | |
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| Plant specimen in the Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China. | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Morus |
| Species: | M. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Morus australis | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
21 synonyms
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Morus australis, also calledKorean mulberry[3] andChinese mulberry,[4] is a flowering plant species found in East and Southeast Asia.
M. australis is a host plant forCalinaga buddha (Freak).[5]
The substance "Australone A", aprenylflavonoid, can be found inM. australis.[6]
Some authorities claim thatM. australis is a synonym ofBroussonetia papyrifera, the paper mulberry.,[7] others deny this, claiming thatM. australis andB. papyrifera are separatespecies within theMoraceaefamily.[citation needed]
M. australis is closely related toM. kagayamae, the main difference is thatM. australis has fewer, or no,palmate leaves.[citation needed] The majority ofMorus species should be consideredsubspecies ofM. alba,[citation needed] whetherM. australis is a separate species, or a subspecies ofM. alba has not been established.[citation needed] Millennia of cultivation ofMorus species, and easyhybridisation betweenMorus species, has resulted in problems forclassification.[citation needed]
Common Name: Korean Mulberry, Aino Mulberry
Hostplant Family: Moraceae, Hostplant Genus:Morus, Hostplant Species:australis
This name is a synonym ofBroussonetia papyrifera
