Mulberry

(This article is about the mulberry fruit and tree. Mulberry is also the name of a place in Indiana; see Mulberry, Indiana.)

Mulberry: Genus Morus

Ripe mulberry on tree (larger)

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Urticales

Family: Moraceae

Genus: Morus

Morus species

Morus alba - white mulberry
Morus australis - Chinese mulberry
Morus indica - Indian mulberry
Morus nigra - black mulberry
Morus rubra - red mulberry
Morus serata - Himalayan mulberry

Mulberry refers both to the mulberry tree and to the fruit of that tree. It also refers to the paper mulberry tree.

The mulberry is a multiple fruit growing on small to medium-sized trees. The leaves are simple and often lobed, more often lobed on juvenile shoots than on the mature tree, and toothed on the margin.

The black-reddish fruit is edible and is widely used in some places.