Rubus sikkimensis
Hook.f.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The red fruit is edible.
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 sikkimensis: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. In Tibet it grows in mountainous regions below 3,800 m above sea level.
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Northeastern India, Sikkim, Tibet,
How to Identify
A large straggling shrub. It has thorns. It grows 2 m tall. It has some slender prickles. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk and one at the end. There are 3 leaflets. The leaflets are broadly oval and 4-8 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The flowers occur as 1 or 2 together in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are 2-3 cm across. The petals are purplish-red. The fruit are red.
References (2)
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
- Gamble, J. S., 1878, List of trees, shrubs and climbers from Darjeeling.
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