Sang Zhi Alcohol-Free Liquid Extract Sang Zhi Mulberry Morus Alba Twig Glycerite Herbal Supplement 2 oz

Morus alba L. is one of deciduous shrubs or small trees, 3 to 15 meters in height. Trunk bark is gray and with shallow grooves; root bark is fibrous and yellow-brown or reddish yellow. The leaves are alternate and simple; petiole is 1 to 2.5cm in length; blade is ovate or broadly ovate, 5 to 20cm long, 4 to 10cm wide, and with acute or acuminate apex, rounded or heart-shaped base, coarsely serrated or crenate edge, sometimes irregular lobes, hairless and shiny upper surface, and velutionous lower surface; stipules are lanceolate and caducous. Unisexual flowers are dioecious; female and male inflorescences are axillary and arranged in a spike-like catkins. Many achenes densely gather into an oval or oblong aggregate fruit, which is l to 2.5cm long, green at first, fleshy, dark purple or red when ripe. Seeds are small. Habitats include hills, slopes, area near the villages, fields, etc.