Rubus bloxamii — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked.

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

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Rubus bloxamii

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

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

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Britain, Europe, France,

Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine

How to Identify

A deciduous shrub with hermaphroditic flowers pollinated by insects. Accepts light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with good drainage. Suitable for mildly acid to basic pH levels and grows in semi-shade or full sun. Prefers consistently moist soil conditions.

How to Grow

Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. According to the Flora Europaea this species is native to Britain, but it is not in The Flora of the British Isles. This species is very closely related to R. pallidus. Plants in this genus are notably susceptible to honey fungus.

Propagation: Seed requires stratification and is best sown in early autumn in a cold frame. Stored seed needs one month of stratification at around 3°c and should be sown as early in the year as possible. Prick out seedlings once large enough to handle and grow on in a cold frame before planting out into permanent positions in late spring of the following year. Cuttings of half-ripe wood can be taken in July or August in a frame. Tip layering in July, planting out in autumn. Division in early spring or just before leaf-fall in autumn.

Medicinal Uses

None known.

Other Uses

A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit.

Wikipedia

A deciduous shrub with hermaphroditic flowers pollinated by insects. Accepts light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with good drainage. Suitable for mildly acid to basic pH levels and grows in semi-shade or full sun. Prefers consistently moist soil conditions.