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Rubus ellipticus

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Smith

Common Names

• Lyangsai (Chepang)
• Thangsai (Chepang)
• Ainselu (Danuwar
• Nepali
• Tharu)
• Flase Blackberry
• Golden evergreen Raspberry
• Himalayan Yellow Raspberry
• Oval-leaved Bramble
• Yellow Bramble
• Melanchi (Gurung)
• Palan (Gurung)
• Kashyampot (Lepcha)
• Tingwase (Limbu)
• Dhewasi (Magar)
• Dewasin (Magar)
• Juis (Magar)
• Jyaunsi (Majhi)
• Melanchi (Majhi)
• Isi Ma (Newari)
• Bansi (Rai)
• Nanyungma (Sherpa)
• Khrumich (Sunwar)
• Polang (Tamang)
• Pulung (Tamang)
• Urpolang (Tamang)
• Chherma (Tibetan)
• Mapalang (Tibetan)
• Nhyalang (Tibetan)
• Tuo yuan xuan gou zi (Pinyin)
• Chyaga (Myanmar)
• LIngsan (Myanmar)
• Shaga (Myanmar)
• Subwe (Myanmar)
• Sumwe (Myanmar). Toki Swa (Nepal)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Sichuan
• S Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• NE India
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Sikkim
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

• Dec to Mar
• Mar-Apr(China)

Fruiting Times

• May to Jul
• Apr-May(China)

Prickly & bristly hairy evergreen woody climbing, scrambling, trailing or erect shrub, stem with red-brown hairs & prickles to 8mm, leaves elliptic, trifoliate, leaflets coriaceous serrated, glabrous above, white-tomentose beneath, terminal leaflets to 90mm x 90mm, lateral ones to 65mm x 65mm, petioles & branchlets tomentose & covered with bristles & prickles. Axillary & terminal panicles or racemose corymbs to 300mm long with hairy bracts, 15mm white or pink flowers, calyx tomentose both surfaces, white slightly pubescent petals to 10mm x 5mm, glabrous fruit yellow or orange to 15mm x 8mm

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• FOH
• JDH
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• J.S. Gamble
• NYBG
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana