Rubus schlechtendahlii — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit, Sap

The fruit and sap are edible.

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 schlechtendahlii

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

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

It is a temperate plant.

New Zealand,

A temperate shrub in the Rosaceae family with edible fruit and sap.

There are about 250 Rubus species.

References (2)

Enum. hort. berol. alt. 2:62. 1822
John, L., & Stevenson, V., 1979, The Complete Book of Fruit. Angus & Robertson p 77