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Rubus rufus

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Focke

Common Names

• Zong hong xuan gou zi (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan-China
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets
• montane forests

Flowering Times

• Jun-Aug (China) Aug-Sep (Taiwan)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct (China) Oct-Nov (Taiwan

Prickly hairy scandent shrub with brownish bristles, sparse needle-like prickles, few-flowered terminal sub-racemes or panicles to 80mm of 15mm white flowers, glabrous fruit orange-red aggregate. Leaves divided shallowly, pedicel 7mm-10mm

Further References

• FOC
• Huang & Hu
• The Plant List
• NYBG