Rubus macrocarpus
Benth.
Ceylon Blackberry
Samantha Heller
Madrone Ruggiero
Archer Lamason
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten fresh and used in juice, preserves, and desserts.
Dangerous Lookalikes
This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.
Red Baneberry: Short herbaceous plant (no thorns), berries on thick red stems, each berry has a single seed, compound sharply-toothed leaves.
Ceylon Blackberry: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in the tropical highlands. In the Andes it grows between 2,000-3,400 m above sea level.
Andes*, Asia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America, Sri Lanka,
How to Identify
A straggling shrub. The flowers are large. The fruit are oval and 5 cm long. They are red.
How to Grow
Plants are grown by seed or cuttings.
Notes
There are about 250 Rubus species.
Names & Synonyms
Mora
References (7)
- Castillo, R. O., 1995, Plant Genetic Resources in the Andes: Impact, Conservation, and Management. Crop Science 35:355-360
- Macmillan, H.F. (Revised Barlow, H.S., et al) 1991, Tropical Planting and Gardening. Sixth edition. Malayan Nature Society. Kuala Lumpur. p 319
- Mansfield's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
- Martin, F. W., et al, 1987, Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics. USDA Handbook 642 p 55
- NYBG herbarium "edible"
- Pl. hartw. 129. 1844
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
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