Rubus eustephanos
Focke
MBG
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The 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 eustephanos: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests and river banks between 500-2,300 m above sea level. In Sichuan.
Asia, China, Myanmar, SE Asia,
How to Identify
A shrub. It can grow 2 m tall. It has a few curved prickles. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk and one at the end. There are 3-5 leaflets. The leaflets are narrowly oval and 2-5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The flowers occur singly in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. The flowers are 3-4 cm across and the petals are white. The fruit is aggregate and red and about 1 cm across.
Production
In China plants flower in April and May and fruit June to July.
References (2)
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
- Wang, J. et al, 2013, A Study on the Utilization of Wild Plants for Food in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Plant Diversity and Resources. 35(4): 416-471
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