Rubus feddei
H. Leveille & Vaniot
Qian gui zuan gou zi
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The ripe purplish-black fruits 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.
Qian gui zuan gou zi: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. In China it grows at low elevations in southern provinces. In Vietnam it has been recorded at 1,000 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Asia, China, Indochina, SE Asia, Vietnam,
How to Identify
A climbing shrub. There are small slightly curved prickles. The leaves are simple and 6-8 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The flowers are 1 cm across and the petals are white. The fruit is aggregate and red but turns purplish black when ripe. It is 7-10 mm across.
Names & Synonyms
Dum Fedde
References (1)
- Flora of China. 9:195-285, 2003
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