Rubus lucens
Focke
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA-RSA)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The ripe fruit are eaten and enjoyed fresh.
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 lucens: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountain valleys between 600-3,000 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Asia, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Northeastern India, Philippines, SE Asia,
How to Identify
A stout shrub. It lies along the ground. It has small hooked prickles. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk with 3 leaflets. The flowers are pink. The fruit is fleshy and red.
Production
In China plants flower in June to August and fruit October to December.
Other Information
Fruit are enjoyed.
Names & Synonyms
Jeheru poka, Mwiki pitai, Noga jhejheru
References (5)
- Baishya, S. Kr., et al, 2013, Survey of Wild Edible Fruits of Dhubri District, Assam, India. Plant Archives Vol 13 (1): 155-158
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
- Brahma, S., et al, 2013, Wild edible fruits of Kokrajhar district of Assam, North-East India, Asian Journal of Plant Science and Research 3(6):95-100
- Patiri, B. & Borah, A., 2007, Wild Edible Plants of Assam. Geethaki Publishers. p 51
- Sarma, H., et al, 2010, Updated Estimates of Wild Edible and Threatened Plants of Assam: A Meta-analysis. International Journal of Botany 6(4): 414-423
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