| Family |
Moraceae |
| Scientific name |
Morus bombycis Koidzumi |
| Synonyms |
Morus kagayamae Koidzumi |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) yama-guwa (ヤマグワ, 山桑 [meaning: mountain kuwa (kuwa
= Morus alba L.)]) |
| (English common name) silkworm mulberry, wild Korean mulberry |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal,
Bhutan, India |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=42 (3x) |
| Description |
Plants 10-15m tall. Leaves 7-20cm long. Flowers flowering in April. Fruits
5-14mm long. Deciduous. Arbor trees. |
| Reference |
Morus bombycis Koidz. |
| Morus australis Poiret |
| Genetic diversity and relationships in mulberry (genus Morus) as revealed by RAPD and ISSR marker assays [PDF] |
| Process for the isolation of 2-hydroxymethyl-3,4,5-trihydroxypiperidine from plant material (US Patent 4137231/1979) |
| Process for producing interferon inducers (US Patent 4421746/1983) |
| Interferon inducer, a process for producing the same and pharmaceutical composition containing the same (US Patent 4419349/1983) |
| Process for producing interferon inducers (US Patent 4469685/1984) |
| Interferon inducer, a process for producing the same and pharmaceutical composition containing the same (US Patent 4456597/1984) |
| Hair growth promoter comprising extract of mulberry root bark and persimmon and/or paulownia, or extract of persimmon and paulownia (US Patent 5674497/1997) |
| Collected lumber, process for producing collected lumber and collected lumber producing device (US Patent 5747177/1998) |
| Alternate cigarette and method for preparing the same (US Patent 5992421/1999) |
| Whitening cosmetics containing mulberrin (US Patent 6071525/2000) |
| Whitening cosmetics containing solvent-fractionated extracts of ramulus mori extract (US Patent 6197304/2001) |
| Insecticide obtained from plants for use on termites (US Patent 6641827/2003) |
| Percutaneous administration preparations (US Patent 6827944/2005) |
| Hair growth inhibitors and composition containing same (US Patent 7285294/2007) |
| Compositions for treating keratinous surfaces (WIPO Patent WO/2005/053634) |
| Naphthalene amidine imides (WIPO Patent WO/2007/012611) |
| Note |
Flora of China describes that Morus bombycis Koidzumi is a synonym of Morus australis Poiret (Japanese common name = shima-guwa). However Chromosomal number
of Morus australis Poiret is 2n=28 (2x). |
