Shahtoot / White Mulberry
Morus alba
Also known as Mulberry
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Morus alba
- Genus
- Morus
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- China
- Distribution
- India, Afghanistan and North West Asia
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Moraceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Moraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- शहतूत Shahtoot,शहतूत shahatut
- Nepali
- किम्बु Kumbu
- Bengali
- সাদা তুঁত
- Kannada
- ಹಹಿಪ್ಪುನೇರಳೆ Hippu nerale, ಕಂಬಳಿಗಿಡ Kambali gida, ಹಿಪ್ಪಲನೇರಳೆ Hippala nerale
About Shahtoot
White Mulberry (Morus alba) is a shrub belonging to the Moraceae family (Fig/Mulberry family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate simple leaves, catkin/syconium/head flower clusters, drupe/syconium/sorosis fruit. It is typically found in cultivated. Native to China, it is distributed across India, Afghanistan and North West Asia. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Shahtoot belongs to the Moraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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