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Morus mesozygia
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Morus mesozygia

Morus mesozygia

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

Sawdust from the wood may cause dermatitis and irritation to the nose and throat[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitDeciduous Tree
Growth—

Requires a well-drained soil[1]. Growth is usually fast: a height increment of almost 2 metres in the first year has been recorded in unshaded nursery beds[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[1].

Propagation

Seed - best results come from sowing freshly harvested seed[1]. Pre-treatment is not necessary, but germination is accelerated by soaking the seeds in water for 12 hours. Sow in a sunny position in a nursery seedbed or in individual containers. Germination starts 5 - 12 days after sowing[1]. Cuttings. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Morus+mesozygia>

Pollinators

Bees

References

  1. [1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
  2. [2]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
  3. [3]Flora Zambesiaca — http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html ↩︎An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.
  4. [4]Tropix 7 — CIRAD · http://tropix.cirad.fr/en ↩︎An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees.
  5. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎