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bluish1997
Mulberry
You can! They’re delicious 🙂
ZogNowak
Mulberries. Delicious.
Working-Tomatillo995
Yup! Mulberries-black is ripe.
Leather-Loom
i like that op skipped identification and went straight to the important question.
caramelinvestment
Mulberry
sprokolopolis
The ripe red and black ones are fine, but avoid ones today haven’t ripened. They have a milky sap in them that can cause an upset stomach .
Ripe ones are very sweet.
SafeConstruction3605
Looks like a Mulberry that we have here in the US .
SnooSeagulls9348
Yes. Tasty. The red ones are too sour. The ripe black ones are sweet but kinda bland in my opinion. I normally go for the slight purple ones. They are sweet but also tangy.
POEManiac99
No doubt. That is a mulberry so so good.
DarthDread424
Love mulberries just be aware if you have a sensitive tummy, too many can have the same effect as prunes 🙃
Chaffee_Saw_You
Mulberry.
Bitter-Yam-1664
Black mulberry
piddlesthethug
My parents have about 5-6 of these trees in their back yard. They are fucking delicious. I like to save them in the freezer til I have enough and then ferment them and distill them. They made a good moonshine.
Lobo003
Mulberry, the dark black/purple ones are ripe.
Even_Community2485
Delish
philmystiffy
I normally use the tickle test. If they fall into your hand when you tickle them, they are ripe.
edwardrsousa
Yes. Try the red ones with salt.
TruthSpeakin
I KNOW what a mulberry looks like….yes you can!!!!
Acceptable_Phase_214
Ye mate
just-redit
It looks like a mulberry, but since you are in Australia and literally almost anything can kill you, I would not.
OkEagle1664
I haven’t had mulberrys since I was a kid. They could sure make aess but boy were they good.
ILovePlantsAndPixels
This is likely Morus Alba, White Mulberry. The berry stem is long and the top of the leaf’s surface is glossy and shiny, in fact it’s one of the best photo angles I’ve seen on a mulberry leaf top (right side of the picture). Edible and tasty berries but one of the most invasive trees on the planet. Very fast growing, cold hardy, not overly picky about where it grows, berries beloved by birds who poop the seeds out everywhere from ditches to purple droppings on windshields (do you guys call them windscreens like Brits so?). A wonderful plant for apocalypses and dead zones (essentially effortless tons of edible berries and extremely fast growing wood) but a terrible curse to any native wild area in the world that humans haven’t destroyed yet. Hated by environmentalists and begrudgingly appreciated by environmentally conscious foragers for their mountains of free food over a very long harvest season (if you know how to use a tarp or other efficient method to harvest the berries) and loathed by white collar car drivers (and loved by their carwash services) for their purple stains and purple bird poop.
Edit: As you mentioned in the title the tree is also “big” which is another hallmark of White Mulberry, whereas Black Mulberry (Morus Nigra) tends to stay a shorter tree and is preferred by gardeners and landscapers for it’s easy to reach berries and manageable size, respectively. Red Mulberry is another large mulberry species but it has rough leaf tops that wouldn’t shine like the leaves in your picture.
black__well
I’M SO JEALOUS. mulberries are delicious! the ripe ones (black) are really good, but if you want a more bitter taste, go for the less ripe ones (red to green)
Simple-Caterpillar14
Mulberries
Worried_Place_917
I’m from Northeast US, but those look like our mullberry trees. Very sweet, hollow shell seeds, and make a goddamn mess of the pavement.
IloveGod9155
They color the birds poop too
IamBlackCuriosity
If you plant a branch of that tree in fertilized soil, in a few months you will have a new Mulberry tree.
Lazy-Broccoli-3180
Mulberries. Great for jams and wine.
AlfalfaWolf
Eat them while the eating is good. Extremely delicious and highly perishable.
man-a-tree
Yes, aggressively!
iamthenephilim
Mulberries
Spaztor
yes, they’re mulberries ( I know it’s been said but a consensus is helpful) also lucky you, they’re tasty
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Mulberry
You can! They’re delicious 🙂
Mulberries. Delicious.
Yup! Mulberries-black is ripe.
i like that op skipped identification and went straight to the important question.
Mulberry
The ripe red and black ones are fine, but avoid ones today haven’t ripened. They have a milky sap in them that can cause an upset stomach .
Ripe ones are very sweet.
Looks like a Mulberry that we have here in the US .
Yes. Tasty. The red ones are too sour. The ripe black ones are sweet but kinda bland in my opinion. I normally go for the slight purple ones. They are sweet but also tangy.
No doubt. That is a mulberry so so good.
Love mulberries just be aware if you have a sensitive tummy, too many can have the same effect as prunes 🙃
Mulberry.
Black mulberry
My parents have about 5-6 of these trees in their back yard. They are fucking delicious. I like to save them in the freezer til I have enough and then ferment them and distill them. They made a good moonshine.
Mulberry, the dark black/purple ones are ripe.
Delish
I normally use the tickle test. If they fall into your hand when you tickle them, they are ripe.
Yes. Try the red ones with salt.
I KNOW what a mulberry looks like….yes you can!!!!
Ye mate
It looks like a mulberry, but since you are in Australia and literally almost anything can kill you, I would not.
I haven’t had mulberrys since I was a kid. They could sure make aess but boy were they good.
This is likely Morus Alba, White Mulberry. The berry stem is long and the top of the leaf’s surface is glossy and shiny, in fact it’s one of the best photo angles I’ve seen on a mulberry leaf top (right side of the picture). Edible and tasty berries but one of the most invasive trees on the planet. Very fast growing, cold hardy, not overly picky about where it grows, berries beloved by birds who poop the seeds out everywhere from ditches to purple droppings on windshields (do you guys call them windscreens like Brits so?). A wonderful plant for apocalypses and dead zones (essentially effortless tons of edible berries and extremely fast growing wood) but a terrible curse to any native wild area in the world that humans haven’t destroyed yet. Hated by environmentalists and begrudgingly appreciated by environmentally conscious foragers for their mountains of free food over a very long harvest season (if you know how to use a tarp or other efficient method to harvest the berries) and loathed by white collar car drivers (and loved by their carwash services) for their purple stains and purple bird poop.
Edit: As you mentioned in the title the tree is also “big” which is another hallmark of White Mulberry, whereas Black Mulberry (Morus Nigra) tends to stay a shorter tree and is preferred by gardeners and landscapers for it’s easy to reach berries and manageable size, respectively. Red Mulberry is another large mulberry species but it has rough leaf tops that wouldn’t shine like the leaves in your picture.
I’M SO JEALOUS. mulberries are delicious! the ripe ones (black) are really good, but if you want a more bitter taste, go for the less ripe ones (red to green)
Mulberries
I’m from Northeast US, but those look like our mullberry trees. Very sweet, hollow shell seeds, and make a goddamn mess of the pavement.
They color the birds poop too
If you plant a branch of that tree in fertilized soil, in a few months you will have a new Mulberry tree.
Mulberries. Great for jams and wine.
Eat them while the eating is good. Extremely delicious and highly perishable.
Yes, aggressively!
Mulberries
yes, they’re mulberries ( I know it’s been said but a consensus is helpful) also lucky you, they’re tasty