Red Mulberry - Red Mulberry

Japanese: アカミグワ - あかみぐわ
Red Mulberry - Red Mulberry


[Classification and distribution]
Botanically, several species are cultivated. Important ones include the Japanese mulberry, which grows wild in Japan, and the introduced species, such as the Japanese mulberry, the Japanese rose, the Japanese black mulberry, and the Japanese red mulberry. Japanese mulberry M. bombycis Koidz. (illustration) is also called simply "mule" or "noguwa" and is one of the parent species of the mulberry widely cultivated in Japan for silkworm farming. It is a dioecious deciduous tree that grows to a height of about 10 meters in the wild.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Akamiguwa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[分類と分布]
 植物学的には数種が栽培されている。重要なものには,日本に自生もしているヤマグワ,導入されたマグワ,ロソウ,クロミグワ,アカミグワなどがある。 ヤマグワM.bombycis Koidz.(英名Japanese mulberry)(イラスト)は単にクワ,あるいはノグワともいい,養蚕用に日本で広く栽培されるクワの母種の一つになったもので,自然状態では10mほどの高木になる雌雄異株の落葉樹である。…

※「アカミグワ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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