Morus australis

Morus australis
	Plant specimen in the Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Morus
Species:	M. australis
Binomial name
	Morus australis; Poir.
Synonyms
	21 synonyms M. acidosa Griff. ; M. alba var. indica (L.) Bureau ; M. alba var. nigriformis Bureau ; M. alba var. stylosa Bureau ; M. australis var. hastifolia (F.T.Wang & T.Tang ex Z.Y.Cao) Z.Y.Cao ; M. australis var. incisa C.Y.Wu ; M. australis var. inusitata (H.Lév.) C.Y.Wu ; M. australis var. linearipartita Z.Y.Cao ; M. australis var. oblongifolia Z.Y.Cao ; M. bombycis Koidz. ; M. bombycis var. angustifolia Koidz. ; M. bombycis var. bifida Koidz. ; M. bombycis var. longistyla Koidz. ; M. bombycis var. tiliifolia Koidz. ; M. cavaleriei H.Lév. ; M. formosensis Hotta ; M. hastifolia F.T.Wang & T.Tang ex Z.Y.Cao ; M. inusitata H.Lév. ; M. longistyla Diels ; M. nigriformis (Bureau) Koidz. ; M. stylosa var. ovalifolia Ser. ;

Morus australis, also called Korean mulberry^[3] and Chinese mulberry,^[4] is a flowering plant species found in East and Southeast Asia.

M. australis is a host plant for Calinaga buddha (Freak).^[5]

The substance "Australone A", a prenylflavonoid, can be found in M. australis.^[6]

Classification

Some authorities claim that M. australis is a synonym of Broussonetia papyrifera, the paper mulberry.^[7], others deny this, claiming that M. australis and B. papyrifera are separate species within the Moraceae family.^{[citation needed]}

M. australis is closely related to M. kagayamae, the main difference is that M. australis has fewer, or no, palmate leaves.^{[citation needed]} The majority of Morus species should be considered subspecies of M. alba,^{[citation needed]} whether M. australis is a separate species, or a subspecies of M. alba has not been established.^{[citation needed]} Millennia of cultivation of Morus species, and easy hybridisation between Morus species, has resulted in problems for classification.^{[citation needed]}

^ "Morus australis". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ "Morus australis". Flora of China. Retrieved 30 March 2024 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^ "Morus australis". Plants for a Future. Retrieved 30 March 2024. Common Name: Korean Mulberry, Aino Mulberry
^ Iziko: Museums of South Africa. "Morus australis (Chinese mulberry)". www.biodiversityexplorer.info. Department of Sports, Arts and Culture. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Calinaga buddha Moore 1857". Biodiversity Informatics Group. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 24 June 2024. Hostplant Family: Moraceae, Hostplant Genus: Morus, Hostplant Species: australis
^ Ko, HH; Yu, SM; Ko, FN; Teng, CM; Lin, CN (1997). "Bioactive constituents of Morus australis and Broussonetia papyrifera". Journal of Natural Products. 60 (10): 1008–11. doi:10.1021/np970186o. PMID 9358644.
^ "Morus australis Poir.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 June 2024. This name is a synonym of Broussonetia papyrifera

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