Rubus macvaughianus

Rzedowski & Calderon

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

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

Rubus macvaughianus

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

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

In Mexico is grows at about 3,250 m altitude.

Mexico, North America,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

A herb. It grows 80 cm high. It has an erect stem. The leaves have five leaflets with a larger one at the end.

Names & Synonyms

Zarza

References (2)

Rzedowski, J., et al, 1989, Acta Botanica Mexicana 5:1-4
Segura, S., et al, 2018, The edible fruit species in Mexico. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2018) 65:1767–1793