White Mulberry (Morus alba)

Family: Moraceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Form: Rounded, Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries, Leaves, Shoots, Sap/Syrup, Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet taste, but the fruit is usually insipid. — A sweet taste, but the fruit is usually insipid.; It contains about 1.5% protein, 0.5% fat, 8% carbohydrate, 0.7% malic acid.; Fruits of the cultivar 'Pendulum' tried at Kew in July 1994 had a pleasant flavour.; A richer flavour develops if the fruit is dried, it can then be used as a raisin substitute.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known in a truly wild situation. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)