Mulberries are widely distributed in the north and south of China. The southern flowering period is1-March, the northern flowering period is March-May, the southern fruit period is March-April, and the northern fruit period is May-June. Mulberry is the fruit of mulberry, which grows in warm and humid climate.

Mulberry began to sprout at about 12℃, and it was composed of small drupes, with a diameter of 0.5 ~ 1.5~2.0 cm and a length of 1.5~2.0 cm. Mulberries are dark purple, brownish red or yellowish brown, and a few are milky white with short fruit stalks. Mulberry tastes sweet and slightly sour.

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Morphological characteristics of mulberry: deciduous trees or shrubs, with milk. Simple leaves alternate, ovate, sometimes divided, stipules caducous. Flowers are unisexual, dioecious and in the form of panicles; Male perianth segments 4, stamens 4, opposite to perianth segments, with degenerated pistil in the center.

Female flower tepals 4, ovary superior, composed of 2 syncarpous fruits, 1 room, 1 ovule. Achenes are wrapped by fleshy perianth sheets to form aggregated flowers and fruits, which are black, purple or white in color. It belongs to a kind of aggregate fruit on mulberry trees of Moraceae. The color is blue and sour when tender, purple and black when ripe, and the juice is sweet.

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