Rubus assamensis
Focke
Fikteging
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Description
A climbing shrub. It has small curved prickles. The leaves are simple with lobes. They are 6-11 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. There are many flowers in a group in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. They are white. The fruit is aggregate and red but turning black when ripe. They are 8 mm across.
Traditional Uses
The ripe fruit are eaten fresh.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. In southern China it grows on the edges of forests between 1,400-3,000 m above sea level. It grows in Sichuan and Yunnan in China.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, India, Indochia, Myanmar, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Tibet, Vietnam,
Production
In Yunnan fruit are available in August and September.
Notes
There are about 250 Rubus species.
Dangerous Lookalikes
This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.
Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
Walter Siegmund (talk)
Fikteging
Rubus assamensis
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Red Baneberry: Short herbaceous plant (no thorns), berries on thick red stems, each berry has a single seed, compound sharply-toothed leaves.
Fikteging: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Also Known As
Chyaga, Dum Assam, Hongpai, Retsu, Yogde
References (9)
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- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
- Ju, Y., et al, 2013, Eating from the wild: diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethno medicine 9:28
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- Singh, V. B., et al, (Ed.) Horticulture for Sustainable Income and Environmental Protection. Vol. 1 p 219
- Srivastava, R. C., 2010, Traditional knowledge of Nyishi (Daffla) tribe of Arunachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 9(1):26-37
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- Tsering, J., et al, 2017, Ethnobotanical appraisal on wild edible plants used by the Monpa community of Arunchal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. Vol 16(4), October 2017, pp 626-637
