Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus doyonensis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus doyonensis is a shrub producing a cluster of scrambling, sparsely-prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The stems only produce leaves, and do not flower, in their first year of growth, forming flowering branches in their second year and then dying after fruiting The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, and probably also as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China (northern Yunnan)

HabitatMixed forests, valleys, ravines; at elevations from 2,000-3,200 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].