Morus nigra seed
LATIN NAME: MORUS NIGRA
COMMON NAME: Black Mulberry
The black mulberry is a beloved and generous tree of the warm gardens, its broad, leafy crown and its sweet, dark, juicy fruits making it a tree of the orchards and kitchen gardens for a very long time. It grows as a small to medium-sized, deciduous tree, reaching twelve metres, with large, heart-shaped, toothed leaves that are downy on the underside, and in early summer it bears a profusion of dark-purple to black compound fruits, richly flavoured and quite unlike the more insipid fruit of the white mulberry. Native to southwestern Asia, where it has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown, it is known for its extraordinary number of chromosomes, carrying more than a hundred and fifty pairs, and it can be told apart from other mulberries by the uniformly hairy lower leaf surface. A tree of generosity and history, it brings sweet, dark harvests to the summer garden.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The black mulberry has a genuine and distinguished place in food science, horticulture and botanical history. Food scientists and nutritionists study its sweet, dark fruits, examining their sugars, their beneficial compounds such as anthocyanins and their nutritional value, and the fruit has drawn attention in the food and nutrition press as a sweet, dark fruit of early summer. Horticulturists and agricultural researchers study its cultivation, its growth and its value in the orchard and kitchen garden, and the breeding and improvement of mulberries has been of continuing interest. Botanists are intrigued by its enormous chromosome number and its long cultivation history, and the fact that its precise natural range is unknown has made it a subject of botanical and cultural interest. For a tree of such generosity, the black mulberry has a rich and distinguished record of research.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the black mulberry is a generous tree of the warm garden. Its small, greenish flowers feed insects, its broad, leafy crown gives shelter and shade, and its sweet, dark fruits feed birds, small animals and people, making it a beloved presence in orchards and kitchen gardens. Economically, the fruits are a prized harvest of early summer, used fresh, in jams and in drinks, and the tree is valued in the orchard and the kitchen garden for its generous crop. For a grower it is a rewarding and generous tree, and for a gardener it brings a broad, leafy crown and a crop of sweet, dark fruits.
To grow the Black Mulberry from seed, to set the black mulberry going, soak the tiny seeds in lukewarm water for a full day, then sow them in moist, free-draining compost in a sunny position and keep them gently watered.
soak the tiny seeds in lukewarm water for a full day, then sow them in moist, free-draining compost in a sunny position, and keep the young mulberries gently watered.
LATIN NAME: Morus nigra
COMMON NAME: Black Mulberry
The black mulberry is a beloved and generous tree of the warm gardens, and its broad, leafy crown and its sweet, dark, juicy fruits have made it a tree of the orchards and the kitchen gardens of the world for a very long time. It grows as a small to medium-sized, deciduous tree of the mulberry family, reaching up to twelve metres, with a broad, rounded crown of the large, heart-shaped, toothed leaves and, in the late spring, the small, inconspicuous, greenish flowers, followed by the famous fruits, the sweet, juicy, dark-purple to black, mulberry-like fruits, borne in the profusion in the early summer, which are prized for their rich, sweet flavour. It is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, native to the southwestern Asia, where it has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown, while it is known as the black mulberry, and it is a beloved and generous tree of the orchards and the kitchen gardens.
The black mulberry belongs to the mulberry family, Moraceae, and it is a species of flowering plant, native to the southwestern Asia, where it has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown. It is known as the black mulberry, while it is prized for its sweet, dark, juicy fruits.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The black mulberry has a genuine and distinguished place in both food and horticultural research. It has been studied in the food science and the nutrition, since the sweet, dark, juicy fruits are a prized fruit of the early summer, and researchers have examined the fruits, their sugars, their beneficial compounds and their value, while the black mulberries have been a treasured fruit of the orchards and the kitchen gardens for a very long time, and their nutrition has drawn attention in the international food and nutrition press as a sweet, dark fruit of the early summer. The tree has also been studied in the horticulture and the agriculture, since it is a beloved tree of the warm gardens, and researchers have examined its cultivation, its growth and its value in the orchard and the kitchen garden, while the breeding and the improvement of the mulberries has been of continuing interest, and the growing of the black mulberry in the warm regions has been examined. The species has also been studied in the history and the botany, since it is a tree that has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown, and its classification and its relationships have been examined, while the long history of the mulberry in the gardens and the orchards of the warm world has drawn attention in the international botanical and cultural press. For a tree of such generosity, the black mulberry has a rich and distinguished record of research.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the black mulberry is a generous tree of the warm gardens. Its small, greenish flowers feed the insects, and its broad, leafy crown gives shelter and shade, while its sweet, dark fruits feed the birds, the small animals and the people, and it is a beloved presence in the orchards and the kitchen gardens of the world.
Its economic value is real. The sweet, dark, juicy fruits are a prized fruit of the early summer, and their nutrition has drawn attention in the international food and nutrition press as a sweet, dark fruit of the early summer, while the tree is also a beloved tree of the orchard and the kitchen garden, prized for its generous crop. For a grower, the black mulberry is a rewarding and generous tree, and for a gardener it brings a broad, leafy crown and a generous crop of the sweet, dark fruits. The seeds are easy to start — soak them in warm water for a day to help them along, then sow them in moist, free-draining compost in a sunny spot, keep them gently watered, and theyll be sprouting within a couple of weeks, growing on into a generous, dark-fruited tree.
Description Morus nigra, called black mulberry or blackberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to southwestern Asia, where it has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown. It is known for its large number of chromosomes, as it has 154 pairs (308 individuals). Other mulberry species are sometimes confused with black mulberry, particularly black-fruited individuals of the white mulberry, but black mulberry can be distinguished by the uniformly hairy lower leaf surface. Morus nigra is a deciduous tree growing to 12 m (39 ft) tall by 15 m (49 ft) broad. The leaves are 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long by 6–10 cm (2–4 in) broad – up to 23 cm (9 in) long on vigorous shoots, downy on the underside, the upper surface rough with very short, stiff hairs. The edible fruit is dark purple, almost black, when ripe, 2–3 centimetres (0.8–1.2 in) long, a compound cluster of several small drupes; it is richly flavoured, similar to the red mulberry (Morus rubra) but unlike the more insipid fruit of the white mulberry (Morus alba).Morus nigra, called black mulberry or blackberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to southwestern Asia, where it has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown. It is known for its large number of chromosomes, as it has 154 pairs (308 individuals). Other mulberry species are sometimes confused with black mulberry, particularly black-fruited individuals of the white mulberry, but black mulberry can be distinguished by the uniformly hairy lower leaf surface. Morus nigra is a deciduous tree growing to 12 m (39 ft) tall by 15 m (49 ft) broad. The leaves are 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long by 6–10 cm (2–4 in) broad – up to 23 cm (9 in) long on vigorous shoots, downy on the underside, the upper surface rough with very short, stiff hairs. The edible fruit is dark purple, almost black, when ripe, 2–3 centimetres (0.8–1.2 in) long, a compound cluster of several small drupes; it is richly flavoured, similar to the red mulberry (Morus rubra) but unlike the more insipid fruit of the white mulberry (Morus alba).