Moraceae
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| Moraceae | |
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| Panama Rubber Tree (Castilla elastica) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Phylum: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae (Dumort., 1829) Gaudich., in Trinius, 1835, nom. cons. |
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Moraceae are often called the mulberry family or fig family, is a family of flowering plants comprising about 40 genera and over 1000 species. Included are well-known plants such as the fig, banyan, breadfruit, mulberry, and osage-orange.
