Uses: Medium tree with lush foliage and clusters of red mulberry fruit in summer.
Pruning should only occur in winter when the plant is dormant.
Mulberry trees can tolerate urban pollution.
Pulp from the bark was used to make paper. The leaves of the white mulberry are food for silkworms
The white mulberry is scientifically notable for the rapid plant movement involved in pollen release from its catkins. The stamens act as catapults, releasing stored elastic energy in just 25 µs. The resulting movement is approximately 350 miles per hour (560 km/h), over half the speed of sound, making it the fastest known movement in the plant kingdom