VARIETAL NAME: 'Selvatico' (Italiana 9)


Taxonomical and basic information
Varietal name:
'Selvatico' (Italiana 9)
Identification/ Accession n.:
ES24_00882, Italiana 9
Ingroup:
Morus alba s.l.
Species:
M. alba
Origin:
Obtained:
Morphological characteristics
Trunk:
Trunk circumference (cm):
187
Trunk colour:
Greyish brown

Shoots:
Colour of one-year old shoot:
Dark brown
Lenticel density:
Medium
Lenticel shape:
Elliptical


Buds:
Bud shape:
Broad triangular
Bud colour:
Dark brown
Bud size:
small
Leaves:
Phyllotaxis:
Predominantly alternate spiral
Leaf shape:
Simple
Average leaf size: length (cm):
12,6
Average leaf size: width (cm)
10,7
Leaf size ratio:
Low (<1.2, broad leaves)
Petiole size (cm):
4
Petiole range:
Medium (21-40mm)
Shape of leaf base:
Retuse
Shape of leaf apex:
Acute
Leaf blade tip:
Acuminate
Leaf blade margin:
Crenate
Hairiness:
Midrib and veins
Glossiness:
Glossy


Reproductive structures
Sexual dimorphisem:
Dioecious
Inflorescence type:
Female
Inflorescence size:
Female infl. length (mm):
12.7
Female infl. diameter (mm):
8.1
Female infl. stalk length (mm):
8.5
Male infl. length (mm):
Male infl. diameter (mm):
Male infl. stalk length (mm):
Polygamous infl. length (mm):
Polygamous infl. diameter (mm):
Polyg. infl. stalk length (mm):
Infructescence:
Fruit weight (g):
1.6
Infructescence length (mm):
19.2
Infructescence width (mm):
11.6
Length of peduncle:
short, 4.9
Infructescence colour:
Yellowish white
Taste:
Sweet
Infructescence shape:
Globose




Phenological descriptors
Date of bud burst (week):
Flowering date (week):
Date of infructescence ripening (week):
Uniformity of infructescence ripening:
Abundant autumn colouring (week):
Growth and yield attributes
Vigour:
Lenght (cm):
Number of lateral shoots:
n.d.
Lenght of internode (cm):
Leaf No./meter:
Weight of 100 fresh leaves (g):
