Fresh Mulberry Leaf Identification

& Information

White Mulberry

Black Mulberry

Black Mulberry

The Mulberry Tree varies in appearance from a tidy looking tree to large clumped bushes.

Black Mulberries often have leaves of a shape somewhere in between the lower two pictures shown here and can be up to 30cm long.  White Mulberry leaves are smaller.

Either White or Black Mulberry is excellent for Silkworms.

It is vital to ensure your Mulberry Leaves have not been contaminated with chemicals of any sort – such as pesticides or herbicides. Watching a silkworm die from chemical poisoning is very sad.

Find out who cares for the tree you are collecting from and what they put on or around it.  If the tree is wild, on council or public land be careful to collect leaves as high from the ground as possible to minimize the risk from ground level contamination – such as the spraying of herbicides along roadsides.

Botanical Gardens often have mulberry tree’s and you may be able to obtain permission to collect them.

Silkworm Chow / Artificial Mulberry Food

Artificial Mulberry Food commonly known as ‘Silkworm Chow’ is made from powdered mulberry leaf.

This food enables anyone to rear Silkworms anywhere, at any time of year, whether or not they have access to Mulberry trees.

The food keeps in powdered form for up to a year in dark cool conditions, or for 2 months prepared in the fridge.

Peaceful Silkworms Mulberry Food comes with all preparation instructions.