Rubus glomeratus

Blume

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit 1 iNaturalist observations

Has a deadly poisonous lookalike — see comparison below

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Description

A climbing shrub. The stems are reddish with cottony hairs. The leaves are alternate. They are 8 cm long by 8 cm wide. The leaves are oval or D shaped with 3-5 obscure lobes. The leaves have yellow hairs underneath. The flowers are in groups at the ends of the branches. The flower petals are white. The fruit is orange.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten raw, though they are slightly sour.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten raw but they are slightly sour.

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Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in the mountains. It grows in evergreen forests and grasslands.

Where It Grows

Asia, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, SE Asia, Singapore, Sumatra, Thailand,

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.

DEADLY

Red Baneberry

Actaea rubra

Walter Siegmund (talk)

Safe

Rubus glomeratus

Red Baneberry: Short herbaceous plant (no thorns), berries on thick red stems, each berry has a single seed, compound sharply-toothed leaves.

Rubus glomeratus: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.

Also Known As

Akar kupur, Akar bulan mudu, Akar balek adap, Akar duri berumbet, Kattumunthiri, Mulluvettila

References (5)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 1430
Bijdr. 1111. 1826
Binu, S., 2010, Wild edible plants by the tribals in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 9(2): 309-312
Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 2 (I-Z) p 1952
Jose, D. T. & Sasidharan, N., 2016, Checklist of wild edible plants of Aralam Wildlife sanctuary, Kerala, India. South Indian Journal Of Biological Sciences 2016; 2(1); 141‐144