Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus cochinchinensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus cochinchinensis is a climbing shrub, producing a cluster of 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 edible fruit is gathered from the wild and consumed locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos.

HabitatThickets, roadsides, slopes; at low to medium elevations in China[ 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. ].