Rubus hypargyrus var. niveus — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The ripe fruit are eaten fresh.

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

Snowpeaks Raspberry

Rubus hypargyrus var. niveus

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

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

Where to Find It

In Nepal it grows at 2400-2700 m altitude. It grows in moist places in forested areas.

Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A shrub. It is straggling and spiny. It grows to 2 m high. The leaves have stalks. They are divided into 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval with a long point. They have double teeth and are white underneath. The flowers are pinkish. The fruit are orange or red.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown from root offshoots or seeds.

Notes

There are about 250 Rubus species.

Names & Synonyms

Kali ainselu, Kalo aselu

Rubus niveus (non Thunb.)Rubus euleucus FockeProbably Rubus niveus var. hypargyrus (Edge.) Hook.f.Rubus pendunculosus var. hypargyrus (Edge.) Kitamura

References (5)

Chettri, N. & Sharma, E., Non-timber Forest Produce: Utilization, Distribution and Status in the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim, India.
J. Jap. Bot. 53:137. 1978
Manandhar, N.P., 2002, Plants and People of Nepal. Timber Press. Portland, Oregon. p 404
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
www.Efloras.org Annotated checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal.