Maclura tricuspidata seed

LATIN NAME: MACLURA TRICUSPIDATA

COMMON NAME: Chinese Mulberry

The Chinese mulberry globes the small, deciduous tree with the oval, glossy, dark-green leaves, some of them three-lobed, and the small, greenish flowers that open through the spring, the round, orange-red, mulberry-like fruits following and ripening through the late summer, each fruit built from the many tiny fruitlets and glowing among the foliage. The tree grows into the broad, open form with the thorny twigs, and it stands the heat and the dry spells well. It likes the sun, and the deep, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The bright, compound fruits of the Chinese mulberry give it a recognised place in the research on the warm-climate fruit trees of the mulberry family, and the tricuspidata species appears in the studies of the fruit pigments and the dry-hill growth. The work looks at the way the tiny fruitlets build the round globe, the sweet fruits, and the seed biology. The food scientists value the fruit sugars, and the growers of the warm-climate fruit and dye trees keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the warm garden, the Chinese mulberry globes the late-summer branches with the orange fruits. The fruits serve the table and the preserves for the ages, they feed the birds, and the bark has served the paper-making and the dyeing. It thrives in the deep, well-drained, sunny ground and stands the heat without fuss. Tough, fruiting and warm-climate.

To grow the Chinese Mulberry from seed, clean the seeds from the ripe fruits, then press them into the moist, gritty drills of the open bed, keep the drills gently moist, and the young trees come up when the ground holds the warmth.

Keep the drills gently moist, and give the young trees the open, sunny spot. The orange globes come in a few seasons. Stand the young trees in the sunny, deep ground, and the orange globes will ripen over the late summer.

Maclura Tricuspidata is a tree native to East Asia, known by common names including,
Mandarin melon Berry, Silkworm Thorn, and Chinese Mulberry.
Occasionally grown for its fruit, somewhat similar to that of the related (Morus)
mulberry, similar in taste to watermelon.
Has a variety of Medicinal uses, a yellow dye can be obtained from
the wood, bark fibers are used for making paper, and a finely grained wood.
Grows to a height and spread of around 6 meters.
Fully hardy down to -15°C