Mulberry silk
The most common silk, from the domesticated silkworm Bombyx mori fed on mulberry leaves, fine, smooth and white to cream.
Also: Bombyx mori silk, cultivated silk
Mulberry silk comes from Bombyx mori, a silkworm that has been bred for thousands of years and is raised indoors on mulberry leaves. Each cocoon is one continuous filament, hundreds of metres long, which is reeled off after the cocoon is softened in hot water. The thread is fine, smooth and strong, and takes dye well. Most Kanchipuram, Banarasi, Mysore and Paithani sarees are woven from it. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are among the large producers in India. Silk Mark and similar labels are mostly about this kind of silk.