Rubus persicus

Boiss.

RosaceaeFruit
⚠ Dangerous Lookalikes — Has a deadly poisonous lookalike — see comparison below
Rubus persicus
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten fresh and used for jams and pies.

Dangerous Lookalikes

This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.

DEADLY
Red Baneberry
Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
SAFE
Rubus persicus
Rubus persicus
Rubus persicus
Actaea rubra
Actaea rubra
Rubus persicus
Rubus persicus

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

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

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Europe, Poland,

Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine

How to Identify

A shrub in the Rosaceae family found in temperate regions.

Names & Synonyms
Rubus plicatus Weihe & NeesRubus raddeanus Focke
References (1)
  • Łukasz Łuczaj and Wojciech M Szymański, 2007, Wild vascular plants gathered for consumption in the Polish countryside: a review. J Ethnobiol Ethnomedicine. 3: 17 (As Rubus plicatus)

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