Black mulberry trees are native to western Asia and the Middle East. This mulberry tree produces what many consider to be the highest quality mulberry fruits. Fruit from these trees is almost without exception black. Black mulberry trees are more popular in warmer, drier areas like California; when grown in Florida, they’re generally taller tree form.
A very rapidly growing deciduous tree, mulberry fruits very early in the spring and is an excellent wildlife food source at a time of year when there is little ripe fruit available. There are three species: Black, White, and the native Red Mulberry. Selected cultivars have the best fruiting characteristics, with large blackberries up to 2″ long that taste like seedless blackberries! Mulberries are an important early-season source of food for deer and game. Very easy to grow.
桑椹为桑科植物桑的果穗。桑椹有黑桑椹和白桑椹之分，因黑桑椹色黑主入肾经，故药用多为黑桑椹。近年的研究也表明，桑椹具有调节促进免疫功能，延长果蝇寿命，抗诱变等作用且无毒性。并且黑桑椹较白桑椹作用更为显著。桑椹现已被卫生部列为“既是食品又是药品”的农产品之一，具有很高的食用和药用价值，是开发功能性食品的优质原料。
