Dear Sibdas ji Plants of M. alba and M. indica do show some differences. Style-arms are glabrous, short and free up to the base, fruit red or white when mature in M. alba. In M. indica style-arms are hairy, long, united for one fourth of length and fruit black when ripe, but the differences are not sufficient to to merit recognition as distinct species. My information is based on GRIN database, which is generally considered as reliable. Both GRIN as well as Eflora of Pakistan treat M. indica as synonym of M. alba.
-- 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: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 9:22 PM, figtree <[email protected]> wrote: > 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%[email protected]> > <indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googÂlegroups.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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- 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.
