Talk:Morus (plant)

Paper mulberry
Is the paper mulberry really a different species? Jorge Stolfi 07:42, 7 May 2004 (UTC)


 * Yes, and a different genus. jaknouse 18:01, 7 May 2004 (UTC)


 * Are you looking for this one ... [[Image:Broussonetia papyrifera ?.jpg|100px|But I'm not sure of it's name...]]
 * Yug 5 July 2005 16:49 (UTC)

it has a "good flavor" is that really in the NPOV?

Posioness when eaten raw?? No, we have two trees and eat them from the tree every year.

Strong flavor?
The writer who put that must have never actually eaten a black mulberry. They're sweet, but kind of bland. Sure can stain your feet though.

Muga silk/Pat silk?
Is the silk made from Mulberry cocoons the same as Muga silk from Assam? Can anybody confirm/provide further information?

-Deepraj | Talk 13:46, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Just noticed that Pat silk refers to mulberry and not Assam silk. -Deepraj | Talk 13:50, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

--24.179.151.38 08:35, 7 July 2007 (UTC) D. Noble says, I am interested in the history of these trees regarding migration from Asia or is it the other way around or not at all. Please email me at _dandilion@excite.com for information, even if just to point me somewhere else.

Sole food source of silkworms?
"Mulberry leaves, particularly those of the White Mulberry, are ecologically important as the sole food source of the silkworm"

Is this entirely correct? In the article on silkworm it says that some other genera from Moraceae also qualify, although Mulberry (and White Mulberry in particular) remains the favorite. One of the two articles has to have a mistake.

Also, if you'll forgive my nitpicking, I'd say that the above is economically important rather than ecologically. The silkworm is completely domesticated. -- Anthee (talk) 11:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Allergenic?
A NYT article I just read claims that male mulberry trees produce a type of pollen that is extremely allergenic and a nuisance in cities. If so, this info should be added to the article. -- 92.229.147.30 (talk) 04:48, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Allergy Issues
http://www.allallergy.net/fapaidfind.cfm?cdeoc=1043 http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/mobile/article.aspx?articleid=1083555 (See: Risk Factors and Potential Confounders) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.121.238.246 (talk) 04:01, 17 October 2012 (UTC) http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/content/early/2004/03/17/rccm.200309-1224OC.full.pdf (See last sentence on pg27; "For reasons of consistency, only the six common allergens (i.e., Alternaria alternata, Bermuda grass, olive, careless weed, mesquite, and mulberry) tested in each of the skin prick tests (YR6, YR11 and YR16) were considered") — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.121.238.246 (talk) 03:40, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Mulberry article is terrible!
This article has so many misleading and error filled statements, just no where to start. Part about the silkworm is laughable since the (Mulberry)trees imported from China over 100 years ago were not of type that silk worms eat. Try to find a silkworm farm anywhere in North America. These Mulberry trees are not native to North America, they cause terrible levels of allergens and are recognized as the #1 organic pollutant in the US, now considered more dangerous during their pollen phase than Black Mold. Some states are holding eradication efforts, and cities such as Tucson, Phoenix, and Las Vegas have moved ahead with removal without state backing. Vegas has run out of funding to remove mulberry trees, but is trying to get more funds because tourists get sick and leave. This is a very dangerous plant and yet you have it listed in food category. Even the leaves that dry and crush in Fall causes respiratory issues. Not to mention the law suits against neighbors that plant this tree. Somebody needs to research this article and produce the truth, even Chinese don't like having this plant around their homes. If this article can not be fixed, please remove it, because you are providing information that could lead to someone's death. 24.121.154.84 (talk) 06:47, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you have evidence and sources to back up your claim? The Banner talk 22:07, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Mulberry eradication in Tucson and Vegas? Can't find anything about that. For what it's worth -- not much -- I found this, saying that mulberry tree felling in Islamabad hasn't made any difference to allergy levels. That confirms that somebody, somewhere was worried about it, but it doesn't confirm they were right. Andrew Dalby 15:48, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Hello, I think I am responding to Andrew Darby. The link which you supplied may have some kind of cross-scripting error. When I first clicked on it, I went to an article about Mulberry & other allergy issues in Tucson. Confused I checked what you wrote about the link and saw you mentioned Islamabad. So I did a search on the link you provided about Tucson and entered the word Islamabad, for a second it said there was no word found and then it took me down a rabbit hole and a new address showed up, completely different from what your link was, but sure enough it had a story about Islamabad and then it auto forwarded to another story about an uprooted mulberry tree in India. I closed my browser at that point. Tried a bit ago to add an 'ask' link, as that had a long list of cities that have outlawed mulberry, but wikipedia didn't want that url. Started over, will load some more links, but really need an expert on these trees due to confusion between scientists and doctors as to which trees are the most dangerous. Olive trees too are listed I know as a danger. I started trying to wade through several city's laws concerning this issue, and that will take a legal expert or at least a legal secretary. Here are some links, some wading may be needed to find the point. Andrew, I would not suggest to do what I did by adding that Islamabad search to your link, almost acted like it was trying to hijack my browser. Those links were kinda aimed at Vegas, but there were some other areas mentioned. As far as Pakistan or India are concerned, I do believe some mulberry species are native to that region hence there is possibility that locals may have developed at least some margin of resistance to Mulberry & Olive tree pollen.
 * Species/Trees/Morus_alb
 * 2012 mulberry-tree-problem-nothing-to-sneeze-at
 * proximity landscape

Thanks, 24.121.44.40 (talk) 00:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello again, have done more preliminary research on data links.I had questions myself whether the dangers of this tree should be held in main topic of Morus (plant) since it is so closely tied to subject matter of Food Drink. Now I find out that some people are not only endangered by the pollen but eating as well has caused death, so link is real danger even when used as food. The plant commonly known as male fruitless white mulberry is actually a FrankenBerry plant that was intentionally bred to create a mulberry that would have no fruit. It existed nowhere in the wild, prior to 1950's.Links:
 * AA
 * BB
 * DD
 * EEgov
 * FFgov
 * GG
 * HH
 * Hope that is a good enough lead to sources to help one of the wiki people to be able to follow through with this subject matter. At first I thought this might be only A US issue, but aside from the US created FrankenBerry, this does seem to be a worldwide issue, & even the US created plant is now spread through many other places on Earth.


 * Thanks, 24.121.44.40 (talk) 01:17, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

This article is not about mulberries
This article is titled "mullberry" and discusses the tree, however it does not address the fruit, it's nutritional content, or uses as a food. This is a glaring omission which is illustrated by the fact that the tree(and therefore the article) is named for the fruit it produces. Drn8 (talk) 14:32, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Royal Horticultural Society
Was it the Royal Horticultural Society that brought the black mulberry to England in the 1700s? There is no source there. Twillisjr (talk) 20:25, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Europe not on World list, but widespread in Europe
How does one interpret Europe not being on the World list, but then immediately after, this plant is stated to be widespread in southern Europe? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.30.86.109 (talk) 08:45, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Some of this reads like an advert
"..with balanced sweetness and tartness" - is not IMO appropriate. Balanced is a marketing word and if you follow the reference (ref 4) to that claim it gets you a 404. I'd like to remove the sentence and link. Comments? 79.75.118.220 (talk) 10:39, 21 July 2021 (UTC)