Rubus costaricanus

Rubus costaricanus is a Mesoamerican species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in southern Mexico and Central America, from Chiapas to Panama. Rubus costaricanus is a shrub sometimes more than 3 meters tall, with curved prickles. Leaves are compound with 3 or 5 leaflets.

Description

A shrub that can be lying down. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The fruit are 1 cm across.

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Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Central America, Costa Rica, Mexico,

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 costaricanus

Rubus costaricanus

GBIF

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

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

Also Known As

Mora

References (3)

• Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 759
• Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn 1852:159. 1852
• Zuchowski W., 2007, Tropical Plants of Costa Rica. A Zona Tropical Publication, Comstock Publishing. p 194

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