Rubus briareus

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruits are eaten.

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 briareus

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

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

It is a tropical plant.

Andes, Bolivia, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical berry-producing plant in the Rosaceae family related to Rubus (blackberries and raspberries).

An unresolved name in The Plant List.

References (1)

Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 764