Rubus thunbergii — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

Dangerous Lookalikes

This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.

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Red Baneberry

Actaea rubra

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Bramble

Rubus thunbergii

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

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

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Asia, China, Japan,

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 temperate shrub in the Rosaceae family that produces edible fruit. One of approximately 250 Rubus species, brambles are thorny berry-bearing plants adapted to cool climates.

Notes

There are about 250 Rubus species.

References (3)

Fl. jap. 1:126. 1840 (non Blume 1826) - an illegitimate later homonym (ICBN Art. 53) that is unavailable for use
Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 581
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What to Eat

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