Rubus brassii — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is 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 brassii

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

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

It is a tropical plant. It has been recorded at 750 m above sea level in Solomon Islands.

Pacific, Solomon Islands,

Countries: Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa

A bramble. It is a climbing herb. The flowers are greenish white. The fruit are orange.

It is an unresolved name in The Plant List.

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