Plant Identification Learning Module:
Fruits & Nuts

Mulberry (Morus spp.)

Tree size, leaves, and other characteristics vary widely with species. Leaves are simpleserrated, light green, alternatelobed or unlobed, and of varying size even on the same tree. The fruit are usually about one inch long, or smaller, mildly sweet and resemble a slender blackberry. It begins green then turns red then dark purple when mature. Fruit are borne on the current season’s growth. Mulberry trees are deciduous, and grown in north and north-central Florida.


Mulberry tree
Mulberry fruit
Purdue

Mulberry branch with fruit
Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org

Foliage of mulberry tree
National Junior Horticultural Association