Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Morus alba L.
Family : MORACEAE
Genus : Morus
Catalan common name : Morer blanc. Morera blanca.
Spanish common name : Moral blanco. Morera. Morera blanca.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca.
General distribution : Asia
Flowering time : April. May.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Gardens and subspontaneus.
Uses and properties : Furniture, construction and tools. Medicinal.
Observations : This tree is grown as a food source for silkworms and as an ornamental and shade tree.
Status : Alien species.
Origen : Àsia occidental
Location on-campus UIB : Molt abundant, plantat en alineació a diversos carrers, al Propileu, a l'aparcament de l'edifici Mateu Orfila, entre altres llocs.
Description : A medium sized deciduous tree that usually grow to beyond 12 to 15 m in height, with an ovate or rounded crown. Large leaves, almost glabrous and shiny on the obverse, alternate, petiolate and variable in form, rounded cordate, dentate or lobed, clear green in colour, without hairs to slightly hairy, an oval lamina, irregularly heart-shaped in form, asymmetric. The fruit are white, rose to dark red in colour, sweet and edible almost from the beginning of their development. The flowers are small, dense elongated or ovoid.
Flowering period : April-may
