Rubus ledermannii
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Samantha Heller
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Madrone Ruggiero
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Archer Lamason
Description
A bramble or scrambling shrub. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are olive green above and have brownish hairs underneath. The flowers are white. The fruit are light red. There are some varieties.
Edible Uses
The fruit are edible.
Distribution
A tropical plant. In Papua New Guinea it is recorded in Central Province at about 2,680 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Pacific, Papua New Guinea, PNG,
Notes
There are about 250 Rubus species. An unresolved name in The Plant List. PROSEA has it as a synonym of Rubus glomeratus. Atlas of Australia has it as R. ledermannii. There is also a Rubus ledermannii with a different authority in Africa.
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)
Rubus ledermannii
Rubus ledermannii
Samantha Heller
Red Baneberry: Short herbaceous plant (no thorns), berries on thick red stems, each berry has a single seed, compound sharply-toothed leaves.
Rubus ledermannii: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Synonyms
References (2)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 1433 (As Rubus ledermannii)
- Plants of Papua New Guinea LAE herbarium record
