Rubus minusculus

L. Lév. & Vaniot

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are 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 minusculus

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

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

It is a temperate plant.

Asia, Japan,

A temperate shrub in the Rosaceae family, belonging to a genus of approximately 250 species known for their edible berries.

There are about 250 Rubus species.

References (2)

Bull. Soc. Agric. Sarthe 40:63. 1905
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/