DURING THE ANGKORIAN AGE OF THE KHMER EMPIRE OF SOUTH EAST ASIA MONKS AT THE BUDHISHED TEMPLES MADE PAPER FROM THE BARK OF MULBERRY TREE ,THE PAPER WAS USED TO MAKE BOOKS KNOWN AS KRAING, A GENUS OF FLOWERING PLANTS IN THE FAMILY MORACEAE ,COMPRISES 10 TO 16 SPECIES OF DECIDUOUS COMMONLY KNOWN AS MULLBERIES ,GROWING WILD &UNDER CULTIVATION IN MANY TEMPERATE WORLD REGIONS .MULBERRY IS VERY FAST GROWING WHEN YOUNG ,THE LEAVES ARE ALTERNATIVELY ARRANGED ,SIMPLE &OFTEN LOBED &SERRATED AT THE MARGINS .THE TREE CAN BE MONOECIOUS DIOECIOUS.THE MULLBERY FRUITS ARE MULTIPLE FRUITS APPROXIMATELY 2 to 3 CM LONG. IMMATURE FRUITS ARE WHITE GREEN &PALE YELLOW &WHEN RIPE TURN TO BLACK. THEY ARE SWEET IN TASTE.
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