Stats

Lifespan

Up to 100 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate broadleaf forest

Range

South Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

A deciduous mulberry native to East Asia whose elongated berries ripen from pale white through red to deep purple-black. The sweet fruit has been harvested for centuries in Korea both for eating fresh and fermenting into wine.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Moraceae

Genus

Morus

Species

Morus indica