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

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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.

Mulberries are also economically important as the food source of the silkworm.

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