Rubus pumilus
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The red fruit is edible.
Dangerous Lookalikes
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 pumilus
Rubus pumilus
Red Baneberry: Short herbaceous plant (no thorns), berries on thick red stems, each berry has a single seed, compound sharply-toothed leaves.
Rubus pumilus: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
How to Identify
A perennial creeping bramble native to Chihuahua in northern Mexico, rooting at nodes with simple or three-lobed leaves and white flowers that produce red fruit.
Notes
The name is ambiguous.
Names & Synonyms
Cituni-zarza, Tsituni
References (1)
- Segura, S., et al, 2018, The edible fruit species in Mexico. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2018) 65:1767–1793
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