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Rubus sumatranus

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Miquel

Common Names

• Hong xiao xuan gou zi (Pinyin)
• Kojiki-ichigo (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• NE. India
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Laos
• Pahang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Sikkim
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest edges and clearings
• grassland
• bamboo forests
• thickets
• riverine forest
• wasteland

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

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

Prickly scandent or erect hairy shrub to 2m with purplish-red hairs, curved prickles to 5mm, imparipinnate leaves to 210mm long with 2-4 pairs leaflets with serrate to biserrate margins, doubly or irregularly leaflets to 80mm x 40mm. Terminal or axillary corymbs to 400mm long with bracts, 20mm diameter white flowers, triangular sepals to 15mm x 3.5mm, lobes white-puberulent inside, petals to 10mm x 4mm, fruit glabrous orange-red aggregate to 18mm long x 11mm

Further References

• FOC
• Huang & Hu
• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• JAA
• Flora Malesiana
• FOJ
• GBS