Rubus dalmaticus — 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 dalmaticus

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

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

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.

A bramble in the Rosaceae family found in Mediterranean climates, producing edible fruit.

The scientific name is a little uncertain.

Names & Synonyms

Rubus fruticosus var. dalmaticus Ser.

References (1)

Luczaj, L. et al, 2014, Wild Food Plants of Dalmatia (Croatia). in A. Pieroni, C. L. Quave (eds.), Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans, p 138