Rubus ponticus — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible.

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 ponticus

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

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

It is a temperate plant.

Caucasus,

A blackberry species in the Rosaceae family found in temperate regions, producing edible fruit.

References (1)

Maghradze, D. et al, Minor and Underutilised Fruits in Georgia and Their Wild Relatives. ISHS