Rubus x loganobaccus

Boysenberry, Loganberry

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit 86 iNaturalist observations

Has a deadly poisonous lookalike — see comparison below

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Description

A vigorous trailing bramble. This is a cross between a raspberry and probably a dewberry. The vine looses its leaves during the year. Plants are self fertile. The fruit is a berry. It is long and red but matures to a purple-black. The berry is larger than a Youngberry and has a dull colour because of fine hairs on the surface.

Edible Uses

The fruit can be eaten fresh, used for jam, cakes, pies, tarts and other desserts, or processed into juice.

Traditional Uses

The fruit can be eaten fresh. They can also be used for jam, cakes, pies and tarts and other desserts. They are also used for juice.

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant. It prefers fertile, well drained soil. It does best in full sunlight. They need cool conditions and moist soil. It suits plant hardiness zones 5-10.

Where It Grows

Australia, Tasmania,

Cultivation

The canes should be tied onto a trellis. Each year the old canes and removed and new canes tied up. Tips can be rooted in late summer and autumn. Occasionally the roots can be divided.

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

Boysenberry

Rubus x loganobaccus

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

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

Nutrition

Part	Moisture	kJ	kcal	Protein	Vit A	Vit C	Iron	Zinc
Fruit	76.3	368	88	1	4	6.2	0.43	0.2

Synonyms

Probably a cross between loganberry, blackberry and raspberry,

References (5)

Cheifetz, A., (ed), 1999, 500 popular vegetables, herbs, fruits and nuts for Australian Gardeners. Random House p 250
John, L., & Stevenson, V., 1979, The Complete Book of Fruit. Angus & Robertson p 179
Glowinski, L., 1999, The Complete Book of Fruit Growing in Australia. Lothian. p 146
Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 762
van Wyk, B., 2005, Food Plants of the World. An illustrated guide. Timber press. p 330