Rubus boliviensis
Focke
Zarzamora, Cari-cari
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten fresh and used to make marmalade.
Dangerous Lookalikes
This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.
Red Baneberry: Short herbaceous plant (no thorns), berries on thick red stems, each berry has a single seed, compound sharply-toothed leaves.
Zarzamora: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. In Bolivia it grows between 600-2500 m altitude.
Andes, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, South America*,
How to Identify
A creeping plant. It grows to 10 m long. It has spines which curve backwards. The leaves are alternate and with 3 leaflets. They are 3-6 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The spines are 1-2 mm long. The leaflets are oval. The edges have irregular teeth. They are green on top and whitish underneath. The flowering stalk is in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a multiple fruit made up of many small seeded fruits joined together.
Notes
There are about 250 Rubus species.
Names & Synonyms
Mora pequena, Mora silvestre
References (7)
- Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 4:158. 1875
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 1417
- Carretero, A. L., 2005, Useful Plants and traditional knowledge in the Tucumano-Boliviano Forest. M. Sc. Thesis Institute of Biological Science University of Aarhus, Denmark p 55
- Lopez-Diago, D. & Garcia, N., 2021, Wild edible fruits of Colombia. Biota ColomBiana 22 (2) p 49
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 537
- Vasquez, Roberto Ch. & Coimbra, German S., 1996, Frutas Silvestres Comestibles de Santa Cruz. p 197
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