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'''White Mulberry''', '''Common Mulberry''', or the '''Silkworm Mulberry''',<ref>[https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/morus_alba.htm ''Morus alba'' L.] by Weeds of Australia - Biosecurity Queensland Edition ([[Queensland Government]])</ref> (''Morus alba'') is a [[genus]] of 10–16 species of [[tree]]s. They are native to warm regions of [[Central Asia]], and [[South-central Asia]], with most of the species native to Asia. Mulberry leaves, particularly those of the white mulberry, ''Morus alba'', are important as the food of the [[silkworm]], the [[cocoon]] of which is used to make [[silk]]. ''Morus alba'' is also notable for the rapid release of its [[pollen]], which is launched at over half the speed of sound. "This is the [[Rapid plant movement|fastest motion]] yet observed in biology, and approaches the theoretical physical limits for movements in plants".<ref name="Taylor et al">{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1007/s00497-005-0018-9| volume = 19| issue = 1| pages = 19–24| last = Taylor| first = Philip |display-authors = etal| title = High-speed pollen release in the white mulberry tree, Morus alba L| journal = Sexual Plant Reproduction| date = 2006-03-01| s2cid = 39703983}}</ref> | The '''White Mulberry''', '''Common Mulberry''', or the '''Silkworm Mulberry''',<ref>[https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/morus_alba.htm ''Morus alba'' L.] by Weeds of Australia - Biosecurity Queensland Edition ([[Queensland Government]])</ref> (''Morus alba'') is a [[genus]] of 10–16 species of [[tree]]s. They are native to warm regions of [[Central Asia]], and [[South-central Asia]], with most of the species native to Asia. Mulberry leaves, particularly those of the white mulberry, ''Morus alba'', are important as the food of the [[silkworm]], the [[cocoon]] of which is used to make [[silk]]. ''Morus alba'' is also notable for the rapid release of its [[pollen]], which is launched at over half the speed of sound. "This is the [[Rapid plant movement|fastest motion]] yet observed in biology, and approaches the theoretical physical limits for movements in plants".<ref name="Taylor et al">{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1007/s00497-005-0018-9| volume = 19| issue = 1| pages = 19–24| last = Taylor| first = Philip |display-authors = etal| title = High-speed pollen release in the white mulberry tree, Morus alba L| journal = Sexual Plant Reproduction| date = 2006-03-01| s2cid = 39703983}}</ref> | ||
Within Turkistan it is the '''National tree of [[East Türkestan]]'''. | Within Turkistan it is the '''National tree of [[East Türkestan]]'''. | ||