VARIETAL NAME: 'Limoncina'
Taxonomical and basic information
Varietal name:
'Limoncina'
Identification/ Accession n.:
IT23_00499
Ingroup:
Morus alba s.l.
Species:
M. alba s.l.
Origin:
Italy
Obtained:
former Sericulture Station of Ascoli Piceno (IT), 1985
Morphological characteristics
Trunk:
Trunk circumference (cm):
Trunk colour:
Reddish brown
Shoots:
Colour of one-year old shoot:
Yellowish brown
Lenticel density:
Sparse
Lenticel shape:
Round
Buds:
Bud shape:
Narrow triangular
Bud colour:
Dark brown
Bud size:
small
Leaves:
Phyllotaxis:
Leaf shape:
Simple
Average leaf size: length (cm):
10
Average leaf size: width (cm)
8
Leaf size ratio:
Medium (1.3-1.5)
Petiole size (cm):
3.8
Petiole range:
Medium (21-40mm)
Shape of leaf base:
Truncate
Shape of leaf apex:
Acute
Leaf blade tip:
Absent
Leaf blade margin:
Serrate
Hairiness:
Glabrous
Glossiness:
Glossy
Reproductive structures
Sexual dimorphisem:
Dioecious
Inflorescence type:
Female
Inflorescence size:
Female infl. length (mm):
4.9
Female infl. diameter (mm):
3.4
Female infl. stalk length (mm):
6.4
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):
Infructescence length (mm):
16
Infructescence width (mm):
12
Length of peduncle:
Short
Infructescence colour:
Yellowish white
Taste:
Infructescence shape:
Ovoid/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):
56.2
Number of lateral shoots:
0.2
Lenght of internode (cm):
3.9
Leaf No./meter:
23.98
Weight of 100 fresh leaves (g):