Rubus azuayensis

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Summary

Rubus azuayensis is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.

A creeping herb in the Rosaceae family found in the tropical humid western Andes at approximately 2,800 m elevation.

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The fruit are eaten raw or used to make marmalade.

The fruit are eaten raw. They are also used for marmalade.

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It is a tropical plant. It grows in the humid western Andes at about 2,800 m above sea level.

Ecuador*, South America,

This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.

DEADLY

Red Baneberry

Actaea rubra

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Rubus azuayensis

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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.

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

Mora

Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 537
Van den Eynden, V., et al, 2003, Wild Foods from South Ecuador. Economic Botany 57(4): 576-603
Van den Eynden, V., 2004, Use and Management of edible non-crop plants in southern Ecuador. Ph. D. dissertation Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Belgium, 246pp