Morus nigra L. - Moraceae - black mulberry, common mulberry, **Schwarze Maulbeere**, Schwarzer Maulbeerbaum 

Deciduous tree, up to 10m high, native to West Asia, widely cultivated; leaves broadly ovate, rough above, margin regularly coarsely serrate; berries deep purple to black. [[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=220008839]]

"The flavour characteristics of three black mulberry (Morus nigra) cultivars from the Aegean region of Turkey were investigated using GC/MS and sensory analysis techniques. A total of 18 flavour compounds were identified by GC/MS in the three cultivars. Total sugar content varied between 11.3 and 16.2%, pH between 3.60 and 3.80 and total acidity between 1.51 and 1.79%. The sensory assessment indicated that black mulberry has fruity, sweet, sour, musky and woody flavour notes and fruity, acid, musky, leafy and woody-fresh aroma characteristics. The evaluation of GC/MS and sensory data revealed that ethyl linolenate was the most effective compound contributing to the unique flavour of black mulberry." \\
[Flavour evaluation of three black mulberry (Morus nigra) cultivars using GC/MS, chemical and sensory data., Elmacı, Y., Altuğ, T., Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Vol.82(6), 2002, 632-635]

Main volatile components of black mulberry fruits were hexanal (20.7-48.8%), (Z)-2-nonenal (2.0-29.4%), nonanal (1.5-13.2%), (E)-2-hexenal (4.6-7.6%), heptanal (1.2-6.6%), phenylacetaldehyde (1.8-4.6%), 2,4-nonanadienal (0.6-3.7%), and acetic acid (0.9-2.2%). \\
[Calín-Sánchez, Ángel, et al. "Bioactive compounds and sensory quality of black and white mulberries grown in Spain." Plant foods for human nutrition 68.4 (2013): 370-377]

Nonanal, (E,Z)-2,6-nonadienal, and 2-octanone showed the highest odor activity value (OAV) of volatile components in five mulberry varieties. \\
[Meng, Yingmei, et al. "Quality Characteristics and Flavor Analysis of Five Mulberry Varieties." Foods 13.24 (2024): 4088] [[https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/24/4088/pdf?version=1735086824|PDF]]


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Jaume Saint-Hilaire, J.H., Traité des arbres forestiers, t. 45 (1824) [[http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=681597|plantgenera.org]]

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Morus nigra, La Pampa, Argentina (2025) © Silvia Mallet [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/|CC BY-SA 4.0]] [[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=126741|inaturalist.org]]