Rubus canescens
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten fresh and used to make jam.
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 canescens: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Where to Find It
It is a Mediterranean plant.
Europe, Jordan, Luxembourg, Middle East, Turkey, Türkiye,
How to Identify
A Mediterranean shrub in the Rosaceae family.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Rubus canescens is a European and Middle Eastern species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in southern and central Europe and in southwestern Asia from Portugal to Iran, north as far as Germany, Poland, and Ukraine. The genetics of Rubus is extremely complex, so that it is difficult to decide on which groups should be recognized as species. There are many rare species with limited ranges such as this. Further study is suggested to clarify the taxonomy.
Names & Synonyms
Bogurtlen, Cobankostegi, Diken, Hamduspara, Karamik, Karamuk, Karanti, Kirinti, Mora, U'llayk
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