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Rubus chroosepalus

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Focke

Common Names

• Mao e mei (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Yunnan - China
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• forest margins

Flowering Times

• May-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Aug (China)

Sparsely prickly semi-evergreen scandent shrub with terminal panicles to 270mm of 15mm diameter apetalous purplish flowers, fruit purple-black to black glabrous aggregate to 10mm diameter, foliage grey-tomentose beneath

Leaves used to make a sweet tea, they are rich in sugar

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• NYBG