Rubus calycinoides

Hayata

Creeping raspberry, Hime-fuyu-ichigo

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit 9 iNaturalist observations

Has a deadly poisonous lookalike — see comparison below

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Summary

Rubus calycinoides is a flowering plant in the rose family (Rosaceae) native to Asia from the Himalayas to Myanmar. It was described by Otto Kunze in 1879.

Description

A creeping raspberry. It grows 15 cm high. It has creeping stems that lie along the ground. There are upright annual shoots 1-7 cm long. There can be a velvety covering and hairs and straight prickles. The leaves are simple and oval or kidney shaped. They are 1-3 cm across. They have 3 rounded lobes. They are woolly underneath. The flowers are white and 10 mm across. They occur singly. There are 2 or 3 bracts under them. The fruit is orange and 15 mm across.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten.

This uses section is brief — help expand it

Distribution

In the eastern Himalayas it grows between 1,300-2,100 m altitude.

Where It Grows

Asia, Bhutan, Canada, China, Himalayas, Nepal, North America,

Notes

There are about 250 Rubus species.

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

Creeping raspberry

Rubus calycinoides

Red Baneberry: Short herbaceous plant (no thorns), berries on thick red stems, each berry has a single seed, compound sharply-toothed leaves.

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

Synonyms

Rubus bhotanensis KuntzeRubus darschilingensis KuntzeRubus diffisus FockeRubus himalaicus Kuntze

References (7)

Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 208
www.Efloras.org Annotated checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal.
Hibbert, M., 2002, The Aussie Plant Finder 2002, Florilegium. p 282
Hu, Shiu-ying, 2005, Food Plants of China. The Chinese University Press. p 455
Icon. pl. formos. 3:88. 1913 Hayata (non Kuntze 1879) - an illegitimate later homonym (ICBN Art. 53) that is unavailable for use

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