Rubus costaricanus
Liebm.
GBIF
GBIF
GBIF
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
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.
Rubus costaricanus: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Central America, Costa Rica, Mexico,
How to Identify
A shrub that can be lying down. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The fruit are 1 cm across.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Rubus costaricanus is a Mesoamerican species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in southern Mexico and Central America, from Chiapas to Panama. Rubus costaricanus is a shrub sometimes more than 3 meters tall, with curved prickles. Leaves are compound with 3 or 5 leaflets.
Names & Synonyms
Mora
References (3)
- 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 759
- Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn 1852:159. 1852
- Zuchowski W., 2007, Tropical Plants of Costa Rica. A Zona Tropical Publication, Comstock Publishing. p 194
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