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Morus alba

L.
Tracheophyta » Rosales » Moraceae » Morus alba
Common name (English)
White mulberry
Common name (Greek)
Συκαμιά. Συκαμνιά
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
I2 Parks
X10 Mixed landscapes
X11 Large parks
X21 Archaeological
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
Global distribution

China (widespread), Russian Far East (I), Kyrgyzstan (I), Azerbaijan (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Albania (I), Armenia (I), Austria (I), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Baleares (I), Bulgaria (I), Belarus (I), Corsica (I), Crete (c), Croatia (I), Serbia & Kosovo (I), Cyprus (I), France (I), Germany (c), Greece (I), Switzerland (c), Spain (I), Hungary (I), Israel & Jordania (I), Italy (I), Portugal (c), Macedonia (I), Montenegro (I), Moldavia (I), Poland (c), European Russia (c), Sardinia (I), Sicily (c), Malta (c), Slovakia (I), Slovenia (I), Serbia & Kosovo (I), Turkey (Anatolia) (c), East Aegaean Isl. (c), Rhodos (c), Crimea (c), Kazakhstan (c), Turkmenistan (c), Uzbekistan (c), Tajikistan (c), Iran (c), Afghanistan (c), Costa Rica (c), Australia (c) (Queensland (c), New South Wales (c)), Oman (c), Taiwan (c), Korea (c), Algeria (c), Morocco (c), Tunisia (c), Libya (c), Peru (c), Haiti (c), Dominican Republic (c), Cuba (c), Puerto Rico (c), Ecuador (c), Bolivia (c), Paraguay (c), Argentina (c), Mexico (c), Guatemala (c), Honduras (c), Venezuela (c), Colombia (c), Trinidad (c), South Africa (c) (widespread), New Caledonia (c), trop. Africa (c), Central African Republic (c), Cameroon (c), Sudan (c), South Sudan (c), Lord Howe Isl. (c), Madeira (c) (Madeira Isl. (c)), Cook Isl. (c) (Rarotonga (c)), Southern Marianas (c) (Guam (c)), Tonga (c) (Tongatapu (c)), Society Isl. (c) (Tahiti (c), Raiatea (c)), Canary Isl. (c) (Gran Canaria (c)), Hierro (c)), Hawaii (c) (Kauai (c), Oahu (c), Molokai (c), Maui (c), Hawaii Isl. (c)), Andamans (c), Nicobars (c), Myanmar [Burma] (c), Sumatra (c), peninsular Malaysia (c), Java (I), Borneo (c), Laos (c), Philippines (I), Vietnam (c), Sulawesi (c), Lesser Sunda Isl. (c), Lesser Sunda Isl. (Timor) (c), Moluccas (c) (Ambon (c), Tanimbar (c)), Thailand (c), New Guinea (c), Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives) (c), USA (c) (Alabama (c), Arkansas (c), Arizona (c), California (c), Colorado (c), Connecticut (c), District of Columbia (c), Delaware (c), Florida (c), Georgia (c), Iowa (c), Idaho (c), Illinois (c), Indiana (c), Kansas (c), Kentucky (c), Louisiana (c), Massachusetts (c), Maryland (c), Maine (c), Michigan (c), Minnesota (c), Missouri (c), Mississippi (c), Montana (c), North Carolina (c), North Dakota (c), Nebraska (c), New Hampshire (c), New Jersey (c), New Mexico (c), New York (c), Ohio (c), Oklahoma (c), Oregon (c), Pennsylvania (c), Rhode Island (c), South Carolina (c), South Dakota (c), Tennessee (c), Texas (c), Utah (c), Virginia (c), Vermont (c), Washington State (c), Wisconsin (c), West Virginia (c), Wyoming (c)), Canada (c) (British Columbia (c), Ontario (c), Quebec (c)) 145671 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. Formerly cultivated all over Cyprus for the (now defunct) silk industry and still fairly frequent - sites listed include Limassol (Division 3).

Very commonly found as wild in many areas of Cyprus. Very commonly cultivated on the island; there is virtually no city or village in Cyprus where M. alba is not found (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year
1801
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Probably cultivated since ancient times.

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hadjikyriakou G (2013) Contribution to the study of the flora of Cyprus 16 [Συμβολή στη μελέτη της χλωρίδας της Κύπρου 16]. Dasoponos 54: 7-10.

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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