Rubus hillii

F. Muell.

Queensland bramble, Broad-leaf bramble

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit 16 iNaturalist observations

Has a deadly poisonous lookalike — see comparison below

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Description

A prickly shrub or climber. The leaves are heart shaped or have 3 lobes. They are large and broad and 5-20 cm long. They have a crinkled surface and are white underneath. The flowers are white or red. The fruit are red raspberries 1.2 cm wide.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten raw and have a dry but sweet flavor.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten raw. They are dry but sweet.

This uses section is brief — help expand it

Distribution

It is a temperate to subtropical plant. Melbourne Botanical Gardens.

Where It Grows

Australia*,

Notes

There are about 250 Rubus species. An unresolved name in The Plant List.

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

Queensland bramble

Rubus hillii

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

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

Also Known As

Native raspberry

References (12)

Bodkin, F., 1991, Encyclopedia Botanica. Cornstalk publishing, p 892 (As Rubus hillii)
Caton, J.M. & Hardwick, R. J., 2016, Field Guide to Useful Native Plants from Temperate Australia. Harbour Publishing House. p 232
Cherikoff V. & Isaacs, J., The Bush Food Handbook. How to gather, grow, process and cook Australian Wild Foods. Ti Tree Press, Australia p 196 (As Rubus hillii)
Cribb, A.B. & J.W., 1976, Wild Food in Australia, Fontana. p 54 (As Rubus hillii)
Cronin, L., 1989, The Concise Australian Flora. Reed. p 97 (As Rubus hillii)

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Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 209 (See Rubus moluccanus)
Gott, B & Conran, J., 1991, Victorian Koorie Plants. PO Box 666 Hamilton, Victoria 3300, Australia. p 35 (As Rubus hillii)
Hibbert, M., 2002, The Aussie Plant Finder 2002, Florilegium. p 282 (As Rubus hillii)
Hussey, B.M.J., Keighery, G.J., Cousens, R.D., Dodd, J., Lloyd, S.G., 1997, Western Weeds. A guide to the weeds of Western Australia. Plant Protection Society of Western Australia. p 210 (As Rubus hillii)
Lazarides, M. & Hince, B., 1993, Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia, CSIRO. p 207 (As Rubus hillii)
Morley, B.D., & Toelken, H.R., (Eds), 1983, Flowering Plants in Australia. Rigby. p 145 (As Rubus hillii)
Yallakool Reserve Plant List July 1, 2009 Off internet