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Rubus bogotensis

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Kunth

Common Names

• Zarza Mora de Loma (Bolivia)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• forest edge
• disturbed cloud forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Nov

Scandent shrub with hairy prickly branches and leaf nerves, leaves rufo-villose, 3 serrated coriaceous leaflets to 150mm x 100mm, pubescent above, canescent beneath. Axillary villose panicles of pale pink flowers to 20mm across, calyx tomentose, sepals mucronulate to 12mm long, dark red glabrous fruits aging black to 6mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• APDC
• Fedde
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• FOPE