Rubus sikkimensis
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A large straggling shrub. It has thorns. It grows 2 m tall. It has some slender prickles. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk and one at the end. There are 3 leaflets. The leaflets are broadly oval and 4-8 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The flowers occur as 1 or 2 together in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are 2-3 cm across. The petals are purplish-red. The fruit are red.
Edible Uses
The red fruit is edible.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. In Tibet it grows in mountainous regions below 3,800 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Northeastern India, Sikkim, Tibet,
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 sikkimensis
Rubus sikkimensis
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Red Baneberry: Short herbaceous plant (no thorns), berries on thick red stems, each berry has a single seed, compound sharply-toothed leaves.
Rubus sikkimensis: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
References (2)
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
- Gamble, J. S., 1878, List of trees, shrubs and climbers from Darjeeling.
