Morus nigra (PROSEA)
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Vernacular names
- Black mulberry (En). Mûrier noire (Fr)
- Indonesia: murbei (Bahassa Indonesia), besaran (Javanese), kitan (Lampung)
- Cambodia: moon
- Vietnam: dâu tam.
Distribution
Originates from Iran. Cultivated all over the world, in the tropics at higher elevations only. Only occasionally cultivated in South-East Asia. Of most importance in the Mediterranean.
Uses
The fruit is eaten raw or prepared into juice, wine, jam, etc. Occasionally it is an ingredient in cough syrup. In India also used as dye. The leaves are fed to silkworms.
Observations
Slow-growing dioecious tree, up to 10 m tall, with spreading crown, picturesque when old. Fruit a syncarp, oblongoid, 2-2.5 cm long, dark purple to black.
Selected sources
4, 51.