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White Mulberry is a short-lived, fast-growing, small to medium sized
tree to 15-20 m tall, On young, vigorous shoots, White Mulberry
leaves may be up to 20 cm long, and deeply and intricately lobed,
with the lobes rounded. The fruit is mild, unlike the much more
intense flavour of the Red Mulberry and Black Mulberry. The fruit
varies from white to pink in colour in many cultivated plants, but
the natural fruit colour of the species in the wild is deep purple.
The flowers fire pollen into the air by rapidly releasing stored
elastic energy in the stamen. The resulting movement is in excess of
half the speed of sound, Cultivation and uses
The leaves are the preferred feedstock for silkworms.
Medical use: The fruit juice is used in folk remedies for tumors of
the fauces. Reported to be antidotal, antiphlogistic, antitussive,
antivinous, astringent, bactericide, diaphoretic, ditiretic,
emollient, escharotic, expectorant, fungicide, laxative, nervine,
purgative, refrigerant, restorative, sedative, tonic, and vermifuge,
white mulberry is a folk remedy for aphtha, armache, asthma,
bronchitis, bugbite, cachexia, cold, constipation, cough, debility,
diarrhea, dropsy, dyspepsia, edema, epilepsy, fever, headache,
hyperglycemia, hypertension, inflammation, insomnia, melancholy,
menorrhagia, snakebite, sorethroat, stomatitis, tumors, vertigo, and
wounds . Medicinally, fruits are laxative, refrigerant in fevers,
and used locally as remedy for sore throat, dyspepsia, and
melancholia. Roots and bark are purgative, anthelmintic, and
astringent; leaves considered disphoretic and emollient; a decoction
of leaves being used as a gargle for inflammation of throatkingdom. |
