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Rubus chingii

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

H.H. Hu

Common Names

• Zhang ye fu pen zi (Pinyin)
• Gosho-ichigo (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangxi
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Zhejiang - China
• Kyushu - Japan

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• roadsides
• shaded woods
• disturbed areas
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Mar-Apr (China)
• May (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• May-Jun (China)

Prickly lianoid shrub with thorns to 5mm long, 5-cleft or 3-5 lobed leaves to 100mm diameter pubescent on both sides or glabous above. Terminal or axillary one-flowered inflorescence, 25mm-40mm white flowers, green or purple calyx to 8mm long, villous outside becoming glabrescent with lobes 7mm x 4mm, petals 10mm-20mm long, hairy fruit red aggregate to 20mm diameter

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• FOJ