Mulberry Tree

Morus nigra - Mulberry. China, on top lawn by horse chestnut. Said to have been introduced by James I to counteract the high price of silk from China, but they deliberately gave him the wrong tree. It is Morus alba, the white mulberry on which the silkworm lives but this is the purple fruit-bearing species. Culinary use and said to cure ringworm.

 

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