Medicinal and traditional uses of Shahtoot (Morus indica Linn.): A review

Abstract

A morus is moderate-sized monoecious tree, 3 to 6 meters high, with reddish or yellowish brown, smooth bark, marked with long horizontal lenticels. Leaves are ovate, 5 to 20 centimeters long, 2.5 to 8 centimeters wide, with tapering pointed tips, and 3-nerved, heart-shaped base, sharply-toothed margins, sometimes deeply 3-lobed, of hairy texture when young, rough when mature. It is a Fruit of famous tree about 3-4 inches long, it has two types 1) Toot Safed & 2) Toot Siyah. It is also called Shahtoot.