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Rubus cochinchinensis

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Trattinnick

Common Names

• She pao jin (Pinyin)
• Cay-ngay (Vietnam)
• Ngu-gia-by (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Sichuan
• Yunnan-China
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• disturbed areas
• woodland
• hedgerows

Flowering Times

• Mar-May (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Aug (China)

Prickly climbing or procumbent shrub with terminal panicles or axillary sub-racemes of 12mm diameter white flowers, tomentose calyx with 5 lobes, petals to 6mm long x 4mm, aggregate fruit red maturing black to 11mm diameter with persistent calyx, stems pubescent or tomentose, 5 mucronulate leaflets with yellow tomentum beneath, glabrous above

Further References

• FOC
• APDC
• The Plant List
• Botanicus
• F Indochine