Originating in Asia, mulberry, in Latin Morus, is the plant used in silkworm farms to feed the precious insect, which feeds exclusively on its leaves. Essential for the peasant families of the territory, the mulberry of the pier is perhaps the oldest specimen in the country.
Silk is one of the oldest textile fibres in the world (produced since the 27th century BC), born from the Chinese tradition and imported into Europe thanks to the Moors, in Spain. Introduced in the 12th century in Italy, during the 13th century our country became the largest centre of production in the West.
With the import of the silkworm, the mulberry was brought along to Europe, being the plant whose leaves represent the only sustenance of the insect. Silkworms have a remarkable appetite: they eat mulberry leaves continuously, night and day, growing very fast.
The silkworm is a species of Asian moth that, before turning into a butterfly, closes in the cocoon from which the silk is spun.
