Morus alba (The Mulberry Fruit): Budding and unrecognised potential

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Mountalso known as white mulberry, is a member Morus alba of the Moraceae family and is also known as Tut in India. The three to six-metre tall tree is a medium-sized tree. Morus albaThe development of new chemical compounds that result in new drugs often begins with the study of medicinal plants (Kalia, 2009). In every region of the world where silkworms are bred, white mulberry is grown. The silkworms' primary food source is the white mulberry leaves. Sanskrit: Tutam; Hindi: Tut; English: Mullberry; Malayalam: Malbari; Tamil: Musukette arisnly a few of the many names for the plant that are used in different languages. The plant species of the genus Morus, also referred to as mulberry and a member of the family Moraceae, are among those used medicinally. The three most well-known species are , Rubra, and Morus alba nigra. This species is a small to medium-sized mono-or dioic plantar that is extensively found in places like India, China, Japan, North Africa, Arabia, and southern Europe (Sánchez-Salcedo et al., 2017). Given their antioxidant qualities, flavonoids and anthocyanins, which are of great biological, pharmacological, and structural importance, are abundant in the genus Morus (Sánchez-Salcedo et al., 2017). Due to their antioxidant characteristics, the species have historically been employed for the prevention of liver and renal illnesses, joint damage, and anti-aging (Fresno et al., 2011). is 3.10 m high tree or shrub, bark Morus alba colored, with shallow grooves, twigs with fine hair. Reddish brown, ovoid, and finely haired winter buds. Lanceolate, 2.3-5 cm long, densely coated with small hairs. Petiole 1.5-5.5 cm, pubescent; Leaf blade oblong to broadly oval, irregularly lobed, 5.30 to 5.12 cm; abaxially light green and glabrous; base rounded to cordate; margin serrate to crenate; tip pointy, pointed, or blunt; adaxially light green and glabrous. Pendulous, 2.3-5 cm long, thickly