VARIETAL NAME: 'Rosa di Lombardia'

Taxonomical and basic information

Varietal name:
'Rosa di Lombardia'
Identification/ Accession n.:
IT23_00501
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:
Greyish brown
Shoots:
Colour of one-year old shoot:
Medium brown
Lenticel density:
Medium
Lenticel shape:
Elliptical
Buds:
Bud shape:
Narrow triangular
Bud colour:
Dark brown
Bud size:
medium
Leaves:
Phyllotaxis:
Leaf shape:
Simple
Average leaf size: length (cm):
10.5
Average leaf size: width (cm)
8.3
Leaf size ratio:
Medium (1.3-1.5)
Petiole size (cm):
3.7
Petiole range:
Medium (21-40mm)
Shape of leaf base:
Truncate
Shape of leaf apex:
Acute
Leaf blade tip:
Acuminate
Leaf blade margin:
Biserrate
Hairiness:
Glabrous
Glossiness:
Glossy

Reproductive structures

Sexual dimorphisem:
Dioecious
Inflorescence type:
Female
Inflorescence size:
Female infl. length (mm):
5.9
Female infl. diameter (mm):
3.7
Female infl. stalk length (mm):
6.1
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):
19
Infructescence width (mm):
12
Length of peduncle:
Medium
Infructescence colour:
Light pink
Taste:
Infructescence shape:
Ellipsoid

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):
46.8
Number of lateral shoots:
n.d.
Lenght of internode (cm):
3.6
Leaf No./meter:
23.83
Weight of 100 fresh leaves (g):