Moraceae
Red mulberry
Morus rubra
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Morus
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- توت أحمر, توت البساتين, توت شامي
- Armenian
- Կարմիր թութ
- arz
- توت احمر
- Assamese
- ৰঙা নুনী
- azb
- قیزیل توت
- Azerbaijani
- Qızıl tut, Qırmızı tut
- Bulgarian
- Червена черница
- Cherokee
- ᎫᏩ
- Chinese
- 紅桑, 红桑, 红果桑
- Dutch
- Rode moerbei
- English
- Red mulberry
- Filipino
- Pulang moras, Pulang amoras, Red mulberry
- Finnish
- Punamulperi
- French
- Mûrier rouge
- German
- Rote Maulbeere
- Indonesian
- Murbei merah
- Japanese
- レッドマルベリー
- lah
- رتہ توت
- Latvian
- Sarkanais zīdkoks
- Persian
- توت قرمز
- Russian
- Шелковица красная
- Spanish
- Mora roja
- Swedish
- Rött mullbär
- Turkish
- Mor dut
- Ukrainian
- Шовковиця червона
- Vietnamese
- Dâu đỏ
Synonyms
- Morus argutidens Koidz.
- Morus canadensis Poir.
- Morus caroliniana hort. ex Moretti
- Morus parvifolia Raf.
- Morus reticulata Raf.
- Morus riparia Raf.
- Morus rubra f. incurva F.Seym.
- Morus rubra f. laevis F.Seym.
- Morus rubra var. incisa Bureau
- Morus rubra var. tomentosa (Raf.) Bureau
- Morus scabra Willd.
- Morus tomentosa Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 38 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Abby Darrah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.