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Rubus sieboldii

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

• Hōroku-ichigo (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• S. China
• Java - Indonesia
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands
• Shikoku - Japan

Natural Habitats

• Montane and hill thickets

Flowering Times

• Mar-Jun (Japan)

Fruiting Times

Scandent prickly shrub with tomentose branches with recurved prickles, coriaceous mucronate-toothed lobulate leaves to 250mm x200mm with prickles on veins, pubescent beneath. Axillary inflorescence with large bracts, white flowers with yellowish tomentose lobed calyx, petals to 15mm x 15mm, red fruit ,

Further References

• FOH
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• FOJ