Rubus bogotensis

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruits 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

Rubus bogotensis

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

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

It is a tropical plant.

Andes, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America*, Venezuela,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical shrub in the Rosaceae family that produces edible fruit.

Names & Synonyms

Jierbamora, Mora de Castilla, Mora de cerro, More de pepa, Mora silvestre, Urka mora, Zarza

References (7)

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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
Van den Eynden, V., et al, 2003, Wild Foods from South Ecuador. Economic Botany 57(4): 576-603