Moraceae

In ancient China, mulberry trees were considered sacred as trees from which the sun rises, and people would pray for rain in mulberry forests, and mulberry forest shrines were sacred places where people would sing and dance and pray for children. There are also many legends that gods and ancestors were born from hollow mulberry trees.
[Moraceae]
There are about 60 genera and 1,500 species of dicotyledonous plants. They are woody plants and rarely herbaceous plants, and are found mainly in the tropics, with some plants such as mulberry, paper mulberry, and some parts of the Ficus genus found in temperate zones.

*Some of the terms mentioned in "Moraceae" are listed below.

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…　クワは古代中国では，太陽ののぼる陽木として神聖視され，桑林で雨乞いしたり，桑林の社を聖地として歌舞や請子(子授け)の祈願がなされたほか，クワの空洞から神々や始祖が生まれたという伝説も多い。【飯島 吉晴】
【クワ科Moraceae】
　双子葉植物，約60属1500種を有する。木本まれに草本で，熱帯を中心に分布し，クワ，コウゾ，イチジク属の一部などの植物が温帯まで分布する。…

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