Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus croceacanthus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus croceanthus is a sub-erect to scrambling, deciduous shrub producing each year a cluster of prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; the stems can be up to 100cm tall[ 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 food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Taiwan, central and southern Japan, Korea, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

HabitatForest clearings, forest margins, roadsides, landslides, grasslands, river banks; from sea level to medium elevations[ 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. ].