Rubus wallichianus
Wight & Arn.
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Description
A climbing shrub. It grows 1-2 m tall. The small branches are reddish brown. They are angled and hairy with curved prickles. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. There are usually 3 leaflets. The end leaflet is 2-3 cm long. The flowers are white and in groups near the ends of branches. The fruit is golden or reddish-yellow.
Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. In the Himalayas it grows in shady places along valleys between 2,000-2,600 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Himalayas, India,
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 wallichianus
Rubus wallichianus
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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 wallichianus: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Hissalu
References (3)
- 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
- Upreti, K., et al, 2010, Diversity and Distribution of Wild Edible Fruit Plants of Uttarakhand. Bioversity Potentials of the Himalaya. p 185 (As Rubus fasciculatus)
- Wang, J., et al, 2020, An ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants used by the Yi people of Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 16:10 p 9
