Rubus rubrisetulosus

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Rosaceae Edible: Fruit 1 iNaturalist observations

Has a deadly poisonous lookalike — see comparison below

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H. Sinivassin

Description

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 10-20 cm tall. The stems are creeping and form roots at the nodes. The leaves are compound with 3 leaflets. The leaflets are 2-4 cm across. The flowers occur singly at the ends of branches or in the axils of leaves. The fruit is aggregate and red. It is 1 cm across.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten fresh.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten fresh.

This uses section is brief — help expand it

Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in mountain forests between 2,000-3,500 m above sea level. It grows in Sichuan and Yunnan in China.

Where It Grows

Asia, China, Tibet,

Cultivation

The plant is used as a fence.

Production

Plants flower in June to July and fruit in August to September.

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 rubrisetulosus

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

Also Known As

Hongpai, Yongde

References (2)

Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
Ju, Y., et al, 2013, Eating from the wild: diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethno medicine 9:28