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Rubus mesogaeus

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Focke

Common Names

• Xi yin zuan gou zi (Pinyin)
• Kuro-ichigo (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• Gansu
• Guizhou
• Henan
• Hubei
• Shaanxi
• Shanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Sikkim - India
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Nepal
• Sakhalin - Russia

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riversides
• thickets
• montane forests

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jun (China) May-Jun (Taiwan
• China)
• Jun-Jul (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Aug (China
• Taiwan)

Sparsely prickly erect or scandent glabrescent shrub with trifoliate leaves, the terminal leaflet to 120mm x 80mm, tomentose beneath. White-pubeswcent terminal & axillary corymbs or umbellate cymes to 45mm of 10mm or more diameter white or pink flowers, calyx segments to 10mm long, petals to 5mm long, fruit red to purple-black glabrous aggregate to 8mm diameter

Further References

• FOC
• Huang & Hu
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• JAA
• FOJ