Rubus randolphiorum

L. H. Bailey

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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

Rubus randolphiorum

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

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

It is a temperate 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 scrambling shrub in the family Rosaceae found in temperate regions.

Names & Synonyms

Marvel balckberry

Rubus argutinus L. H. BaileyRubus escatilis L. H. BaileyRubus humei L. H. Bailey

References (1)

Mansfield's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops p 433 (As Rubus escatilis)