Rubus mirus

Bailey

Marvel dewberry

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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

Marvel dewberry

Rubus mirus

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

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

It is a subtropical plant.

North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

A subtropical shrub in the Rosaceae family, cultivated for its fruit.

It is cultivated.

Names & Synonyms

Rubus magniflorus L. H. Bailey

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