Rubus cyri — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible and can be eaten fresh or used in culinary preparations.

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

DEADLY

Red Baneberry

Actaea rubra

SAFE

Rubus cyri

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

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

It is a temperate plant.

Caucasus, Georgia,

A blackberry species in the Rosaceae family, native to temperate regions.

References (1)

Maghradze, D. et al, 2012, Minor and Underutilized Fruits in Georgia and Their Wild Relatives. In Acta Horticulturae Number 948 p 41-47