Rubus subornatus
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Description
A shrub. It grows 1-3 m tall It has slender prickles. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk and one at the end. There are usually 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval and 4-8 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. They are hairy. There are 6-10 flowers in a group at the ends of the branches. The flowers can occur singly or as a few in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are 2-3 cm across. The fruit are aggregate and red.
Edible Uses
The red fruits are eaten fresh.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten fresh.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in forest ravines between 2,700-4,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Myanmar, SE Asia, Tibet,
Production
In China plants flower in May and June 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.
Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
Walter Siegmund (talk)
Rubus subornatus
Rubus subornatus
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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 subornatus: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
References (4)
- Boesi, A., 2014, Traditional knowledge of wild food plants in a few Tibetan communities. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 10:75
- Cheng, Z., et al, 2022, Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants used by Dulong people in northwestern Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2022) 18:3
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
- Zhang, L., et al, 2016, Ethnobotanical study of traditional edible plants used by the Naxi people during droughts. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12:39
