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*Black mulberry , common mulberry, sycamine (En)* Mûrier noir (Fr)*Moral negro, morera negra (Sp)

*Vietnam: dâu tam., dâu gủa den

Originates Originating from Iran. Cultivated all over western Asia, but much cultivated in that region and the worldMediterranean since ancient times. Nowadays cultivated and occasionally naturalized in most tropical and temperate regions, though in the tropics only at higher elevations only. Only occasionally cultivated planted in South-East Asia. Of most importance in the MediterraneanMalesia.

The fruit ''M. nigra'' is most commonly cultivated for its tasty fruits, eaten raw or prepared into juice, wine, jam, etc. The fruits are also applied medicinally. Occasionally it is an ingredient in cough syrup. In India also used as dye. The leaves are fed to silkworms, but generally considered inferior to those of the white mulberry.

*SlowA small to fairly large, slow-growing dioecious tree, up to 10 35 m tall, with spreading crown, picturesque when old.*Fruit Leaves broadly ovate, 5-16 cm √ó 5-16 cm, deeply cordate at base, shortly and bluntly acuminate at apex, rough above, pubescent below, with a syncarpstriate, oblongoid2-3.5 cm long petiole.*Male spikes 1.5-2.5 cm long, female spikes ovoid, 1-2cm long; syncarp ovoid, 1.5-2.5 cm long, dark purple to black.  ''M. nigra'' is cultivated in humid regions, up to 2000 m altitude.