MULBERRY 'Pakistan' --Morus nigra-- Chacruna Likes more water than most

Likes more water than most datura

but is not a heavily vining variety

gorgeous spring green wrinkled and veined leaves add striking texture to the garden in summer

Partial sun

and reproduces only with help of a single species of yucca moth

MULBERRY 'Pakistan' --Morus nigra-- Chacruna Likes more water than mostAKA "Black Mulberry", "Shahtoot", and sometimes called "Long Mulberry" because of the fruit shape, up to 4" long. The fruit has been present in the Southern Levant (Israel, Palestine, and Jordan) since antiquity. In the Books of Maccabees, it is noted that the Greeks used the fruit to provoke their war elephants in preparation for battle. The fruit is also mentioned in the Mishnah and later rabbinic texts. In the 9th century CE, Al Kindi referenced