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Trees 9-15 m tall; dioecious. Bark grayish brown. Branches spreading, subglabrous. Winter buds ovoid, ca. 8 mm, subglabrous. Petiole 2-3 cm, glabrous; leaf blade ± orbicular, 7-15 × 6-12 cm, abaxially pale green and glabrous or pubescent along midvein and lateral veins, adaxially dark green, glabrous, and slightly coarse, base ± cordate, margin narrowly triangular serrate and without subulate apiculum or seta, apex shortly acuminate to obtuse; basal lateral veins 2 and extending to 2/3 of leaf blade length, secondary veins 4-6 on each side of midvein and joined together near margin. Inflorescences axillary. Male catkins green, paired, 4-5 cm. Female inflorescences cylindric, 3-4 cm, densely flowered; peduncle 3-4.5 cm. Female flowers: calyx lobes glabrous or adaxially sparsely pubescent, margin membranous; ovary ovoid, declinate, ± compressed, pubescent; style long; stigma abaxially papillate. Syncarp white when mature, 3.5-4 cm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May-Jun.
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Habitat & Distribution
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* Evergreen broad-leaved forests. Sichuan, Yunnan.
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Morus notabilis: Brief Summary
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Morus notabilis is a species of mulberry found in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces of China, at around 1,300 to 2,800 metres (4,300 to 9,200 feet) in elevation. It was first formally named by Camillo Karl Schneider in 1916.
It has 2n = 14 chromosomes, suggesting that it is basal to all the other species in its genus. Chromosome number ranges among species in the genus; for comparison, there are 28 in M. indica and 308 in M. nigra.
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