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Rubus glandulosus subsp. schleicheri

(Weihe ex Tratt.) Celak.

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit
Has a deadly poisonous lookalike — see comparison below

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Description

A temperate shrub in the Rosaceae family with traditional uses documented in the Balkans, Europe, and Macedonia.

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Edible Uses

The fruit is edible.

Traditional Uses

Balkans, Europe, Macedonia,

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant.

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 glandulosus subsp. schleicheri

Rubus glandulosus subsp. schleicheri

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

Synonyms

Rubus schleicheri Weihe ex Tratt.

References (1)

  • Pieroni, A. et al, 2013, One century later: the folk botanical knowledge of the last remaining Albanians of the upper Reka Valley, Mount Korab, Western Macedonia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9:22 (As Rubus schleicheri)

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