Rubus loxensis
Benth.
Mora
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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.
Mora: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Ecuador, Peru, South America*,
How to Identify
A creeping vine in the Rosaceae family found in tropical regions, producing edible fruit.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Rubus loxensis is a species of flowering plant in the blackberry genus Rubus, family Rosaceae. It is native to Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Its closest relative is Rubus adenothallus.
Names & Synonyms
References (3)
- Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 538
- Van den Eynden, V., et al, 2003, Wild Foods from South Ecuador. Economic Botany 57(4): 576-603
- Van den Eynden, V., 2004, Use and management of edible non-crop plants in southern Ecuador, Ph D dissertation. p 108
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