Rubus pauciflorus

Description

A warm temperate shrub in the Rosaceae family with edible fruit.

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Edible Uses

The fruit is edible.

Distribution

It is a warm temperate plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, East Africa, Madagascar,

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

Rubus pauciflorus

Rubus pauciflorus

GBIF

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

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

Synonyms

More from Rosaceae

Potentilla anserina

Silverweed, Goose grass, Goose tansy, Shrubby cinquefoil, Argentine, Tibetan sweet potato

Potentilla anserina subsp. groenlandica

Pacific silverweed, Eged's pacific silverweed

Potentilla argentea

Potentilla bicolor

Potentilla bifurca

Potentilla chinensis

Chinese cinquefoil, Chinese silverweed