Characteristics of male mulberry and female mulberry

Mulberry can be divided into male and female, but it belongs to dioecious plants. After pollination, the male plants of mulberry only blossom but not bear fruit, and the flowers are loose, while the female plants of mulberry will blossom after pollination, and the flowers will be spike-shaped and bear mulberry fruits.

Mulberry belongs to Moraceae, deciduous trees or shrubs, and its height is15m. The tree body is rich in milk, the bark is yellow-brown, the leaves are oval to wide oval, the tip and base of the leaves are round or shallow heart-shaped, the edges are coarsely serrated, and sometimes the division is irregular. The leaves are glabrous and shiny, and there are sparse hairs on the veins on the back of the leaves. They bloom in May and the fruit ripens in June-July. The fruit is oval or cylindrical, dark purple or white, and likes light. When I was young, I was slightly tolerant of shade, liked warm and humid climate, and was cold-resistant, drought-resistant, water-resistant and moisture-resistant.

Flowers unisexual, axillary or born in the axils of bud scales, appearing at the same time as leaves. Male inflorescence pendulous, 2-3.5 cm long, densely white pilose, petals wide oval, light green, filaments folded in buds, anthers with two chambers, spherical to kidney-shaped, longitudinally dehiscent. The female inflorescence is 1-2 cm long, and the pedicel is 5-652 cm long.