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Rubus rosifolius

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Smith

Common Names

• Kong xin pao (Pinyin)
• Native Raspberry
• Minunu (Kihehe)
• Imiheli (Kiha)
• Ntenya (Kipare)
• Uangubegube (Andiri)
• South African Blackberry
• Rose-leaf Bramble (Australia)
• Gahkyeng (Myanmar)
• E-eri (Kuraudi)
• Hime-bara-ichigo (Japan)
• Tokin-ibara (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• New South Wales
• Queensland
• Victoria - Australia
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Assam - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Is.
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands
• Shikoku - Japan
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• New Caledonia
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Solomon Is.
• Thailand
• Vanuatu
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• grassland
• disturbed areas
• forest edge
• montane forest
• streamsides

Flowering Times

• Mar-May(China)
• Apr-Jun (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Jul(China)

Prickly climbing, erect or scrambling evergreen glabrous or pubescent shrub with prickles to 5mm, 5-15 foliolate imparipinnate foliage strigose or villous on upper surface, less strigose beneath, leaflets doubly serrated, terminal leaflet to 80mm x 40mm. Terminal or axillary 100mm single or 2-flowered terminal cymes of white flowers, triangular sepals to 22mm x 5mm, glabrous white petals to 17mm x 12mm, red aggregate glabrous fruit to 35mm x 25mm ripening red-orange or black

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Mobot
• FOC
• Bodkin
• FB
• JDH
• APDC
• Elmer
• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• NAF
• JAA
• Flora Malesiana
• FOJ