Japanese mulberry (English spelling)

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Japanese mulberry (English spelling)

...Important species include the Japanese mulberry, which grows wild in Japan, and the introduced species M. bombycis Koidz. (Japanese mulberry) (illustration), also known simply as Mulberry or Noguwa, 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. It is distributed throughout Japan, as well as in Sakhalin and Korea, and shows great regional and ecological variation. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Japanese mulberry" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。日本全域,さらにサハリンや朝鮮に分布し,地方的,生態的な変異が大きい。…

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