I had the idea that Morus alba is the white mulberry, the woods used for hockey stick, whereas M indica (Syn. M. autralis, M.acidosa etc.) is our common mulberry, leaves source of silk worm feed.
On Feb 16, 7:55 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Morus indica L. is now treated as synonym of Morus alba L. There are atleast > three other species cultivated in North India: M. macroura (syn: M. > laevigata) with catkins longer than 5 cm, rest having catkins shorter than 5 > cm with biserrate leaves having acuminate-caudate lobes in M. serrata, > uniserrate leaves lobes not caudate in rest two, of which M. nigra has > leaves pubescent all over the lower surface including veinlets and styles > densely white hairy. M. alba has leaves pubescent only on the midrib and > principal veins of lower surface, secondary and ultimate veinlets glabrous, > styles glabrous. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Alok Goyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hallo all > > > i have two questions concerning Mulberry. > > > Is there any difference between *Morus alba* and *Morus Indica ? *if yes > > what are the differences ? > > * > > * > > what are the two most commonly growing species of Mulberrry in India esp > > North India ? and how can i differentiate between the two ? > > > Alok > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "efloraofindia" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
