Rubus volkensii

Engl.

Anjori

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit 17 iNaturalist observations

Has a deadly poisonous lookalike — see comparison below

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Description

A prickly shrub. It grows 4 m high. The stems have hooked prickles. There are also brown sticky hairs. The leaves are compound with up to 7 leaflets. The leaflets are hairy. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers are yellow to white. The fruit are 1.5 cm across. They are orange to red when ripe.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten raw and are sold in local markets.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten raw.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. In Kenya it grows in high altitude forest between 2,150-3,550 m.

Where It Grows

Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,

Other Information

Fruit are sold in local markets.

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

Anjori

Rubus volkensii

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

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

Also Known As

Allichchu go'ra, Aquqotta, Yedega injorii

References (11)

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Glover et al, 1966b,
Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 45
Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 159
JSTOR Global Plants edible

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Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 167
Seyoum, Y., et al, 2015, Edible Wild Fruit Trees and Shrubs and Their Socioeconomic Significance in Central Ethiopia. Ethnobotany Research & Applications. 14:183-197
Sina, B. & Degu, H. D., 2015, Knowledge and use of Wild Edible Plants in the Hula District of the Sidama Zone. International Journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management 6(3):352-365