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= Morus mongolica =

Morus mongolica (L.) C. K. Schneid.. , also described as Morus alba var. mongolica (L.) Bureau is a woody plant native to mountain forests in Mongolia, China, Korea, and Japan. Common names for Morus mongolica include Mongolian mulberry, meng sang (China), and ilama by native people in the namesake region of Mongolia. Similar to Morus notabilis (L.) C. K. Schneid., Morus mongolica is an uncultivated (wild, undomesticated) mulberry.

Description
Morus mongolica is a perennial woody tree. Its native range is the mountains of Mongolia, China, Korea, and Japan. The mature Morus mongolica grows to about 8 meters in height (about 26 feet). The leaves of the tree are palmate, with mature dimensions ranging from 8cm-15cm in length and 5cm to 8cm in width.

The flowers occur in inflorescences, both male and female. The male inflorescences are about 3-4 cm long and 7 mm wide, whereas the female inflorescences are about 2 cm long and 7mm wide; both of which have peduncles of about 1-1.5cm. Both the male and the female flowers are in groups of fours: four sepals, four petals, four stamen (for male flowers) and four carpels (for female flowers). The tree blooms from March to April and fruits in April to May.

Fruits are aggregate, and are dull red to black in color. Each cluster is about 1-3 cm long with a 1 cm diameter, with the individual drupelets about 3mm in diameter.

Ecological
Morus mongolica can be used for some of its ecological properties. The leaves are eaten and digested by silkworms, and the proteins are used by the silkworms for the production of cocoon silk. The fruits of Morus mongolica are edible, and are eaten by humans.

Chemical
Morus mongolica is known to have multiple flavonoid and phenolic compounds. These compounds can be found in the fruits, leaves , and bark.

As Lumber
The wood of the Morus mongolica plant has also been mentioned by M. K. Seth in 2003 to be of possible use for biofuel, among other soft wood trees