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[[File:Black Mulberry Female Flowers.jpg|thumb|right|''Black Mulberry'']]
'''Morus nigra''' is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae. It is native to southwestern Asia, where it has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown. It is known for its large number of chromosomes.
==Chemical Composition==
Four compounds (quercetin 3-O-glucoside, quercetin 3-O-rutinoside, kaempferol 3-O-rutinoside, and 5-O-caffeoylquinic acid) have been isolated by use of Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography and HPLC and characterized by means of NMR and ESI-MS. Furthermore, HPLC/PDA/ESI-MS analysis of the red pigment of M. nigra fruits revealed the presence of four anthocyanins recognized as cyanidin 3-O-glucoside, cyanidin 3-O-rutinoside, pelargonidin 3-O-glucoside, and pelargonidin 3-O-rutinoside
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==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=Black Mulberry|gu=|hi=|kn=|ks=|ml=|mr=|pa=|ta=|te=}}
==Properties==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|round in outline|10–20 cm (4–8 in) long by 6–10 cm (2–4 in) broad - up to 23 cm (9 in) long on vigorous shoots, downy on the underside, the upper surface rough with very short, stiff hairs.}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower||||}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Simple Fruit|ovoid|2–3 centimetres (0.8–1.2 in) long, a compound cluster of several small drupes||dark purple, almost black|}}
===Other features===
==How to plant/cultivate==
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<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jf703709r "Chemistry"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_nigra "Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="LeafHow to plant/cultivate">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_nigra "MorphologyCultivation"]</ref>
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