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Rubus apetalus

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Poiret

Common Names

• Amambombombombo (Zaire)
• Kuamangongo (Mawambo)

Geographical Habitats

• Ethiopia
• Madagascar
• Mozambique
• Reunion
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest edge
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Jul
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Scrambling shrub with apetalous pink flowers in axillary racemes or tomentose terminal panicles, red fruit aging black, prickly pubescent stems & leaves, hoary stems, pinnate leaves serrated leaflets hairy above with white tomentum beneath

Further References

• Mobot
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• Ichigawa