White Mulberry

It is believed that the White Mulberry originates from China, since it has been cultivated there in many varieties for thousands of years. Its leaves are the only food on which the silkworm feeds and the spread of the White Mulberry in the West is linked precisely to the production of silk. History has it that this tree's first shoots were brought to Constantinople in the 6th century AD by some monks from Mount Athos, Greece, hidden in a bamboo cane together with the famous silkworms.