mulberry trees
Silkworm diet source
Mulberry trees are deciduous trees of the genus Morus, cultivated for their edible berries and as food for silkworms.
The dark purple or white fruit resembles elongated blackberries.
The old mulberry tree in the backyard attracted birds all summer.
The wood is durable, and the leaves have been central to silk production for thousands of years.
- silkwormsMoth larvae producing fine fiber
- silk threadFiber from silkworm cocoons
- mulberry leafSericulture's essential fodder
- silk productionManufacturing fiber from cocoons
- silk weavingCreating cloth from cocoons
species · stain · folklore · culinary traditions · deciduous · bark · China · habitat · decorative paper · paper making · cultivation · medicinal uses · shade tree · silk road · ancient China · ripe · purple · empress
- orchard cropsapples, apple trees, cherries, cherry trees, peaches
- fruit growingfruit trees, harvesting, pruning, grafting, fruit picking
- Silk Roadsilk, silk road, Silk Road, caravans, merchants
- sericulturesilkworms, silkworm, cocoons, cocoon, mulberry
- edible plantsvegetable, lettuce, carrot, spinach, cabbage
- Central AsiaKazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
botanical/taxonomic contrast
mulberry treespine trees
Needle-leaved evergreen timber species
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