Morus , a genus of bloom plants in the kinfolk Moraceae grow wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions . The height of mulberry trees varies importantly bet on the variety . The white mulberry tree can tower up to 80 foot , while the black mulberry tree barely reaches 30 feet , and often grow as a bush if not coach .
Mulberry Tree fall in a variety of shapes and sizes , but all produce the clustered mulberry fruit . Most species were imported to the United States from Asia , but now fly high and are even study incursive in some expanse . Some cities in North America , such as El Paso , Texas and Phoenix , Arizona have banned the planting of new mulberry tree Tree due to the amount of pollen they produce .
All mulberry varieties are deciduous . Mulberry blossom are clustered , appearing on catkins from former woodwind . They are wind - pollinated . Some trees , independent of case , are monecious while others are dioecian . From the efflorescence total clustered fruits that resemble blackberries , ripening to a mysterious red , purple or snowy , depending on the variety . From seed , it can take six years for the tree diagram to fruit .
The three major types of mulberry trees are the native red mulberry ( Morus rubra ) , the East Asian white mulberry ( Morus alba ) and the southwestern Asian black mulberry ( Morus nigra ) . Over the years , 150 different mulberry tree mintage have been take down , but only 10 to 16 of those are accepted as true species by the botanical community . Other accepted species include the Texas mulberry tree ( Morus microphylla ) and African mulberry ( Morus mesozygia ) . Numerous hybrids further complicate classification of mulberry trees .
Mulberry Trees
White Mulberry ( Morus alba )
Black Mulberry ( Morus nigra )
Red Mulberry ( Morus rubra )
Tatarian Mulberry ( Morus tartarica )
Texas Mulberry ( Morus microphylla )
Himalayan Mulberry ( Morus macroura )
Korean Mulberry ( Morus australis )
Indian Mulberry ( Morus serrata )
African Mulberry ( Morus mesozygia )
Australian Mulberry ( Morus macroura ‘ Australian ’ )
Japanese Mulberry ( Morus bombycis )
Filipino Mulberry ( Morus multicaulis )
Pakistan Mulberry ( Morus laevigata )
Chinese Mulberry ( Morus cathayana )
Morus alba ‘ Pendula ’ ( Weeping White Mulberry )
Morus atropurpurea ( Purple Mulberry )
Morus insignis
Morus celtidifolia
Morus rubra var . ‘ Illinois Everbearing ’
Morus mongolica
Morus notabilis
Morus rotundiloba
Morus sinensis
Morus wittiorum
