Rubus shankii

Standl. & L. O. Williams

Shank's blackberry

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Conveyor Belt

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten raw.

This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.

DEADLY

Red Baneberry

Actaea rubra

SAFE

Shank's blackberry

Rubus shankii

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

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

A tropical plant.

Central America, Guatemala, Honduras,

Countries: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador

A tropical Rubus shrub in the Rosaceae family, known as Shank's blackberry, with large fruit.

References (4)

Ceiba 1:143. 1950
Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 210
Fouqué, A., 1972, Espèces fruitières d'Amérique tropicale. Institut français de recherches fruitierès outre-mer
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 765