Rubus niveus

Rubus niveus (Mysore raspberry,[2] Ceylon raspberry,[2] hill raspberry;[2] Chinese: 红泡刺藤, Hindi: काला हिसालू, romanized: kala hinsalu) is a species of Rubus native to southern Asia, from Afghanistan east through India and China to Taiwan and the Philippines, south to Sri Lanka and Malaysia, and north to Gansu in China.[3][4][5]

Rubus niveus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. niveus
Binomial name
Rubus niveus
Thunb. 1813 not Wall. ex G. Don 1832
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Dyctisperma lasiocarpus (Sm.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Rubus albescens Roxb.
  • Rubus bonatii H.Lév.
  • Rubus distans D.Don
  • Rubus donianus Spreng.
  • Rubus foliolosus D.Don
  • Rubus godongensis Y.Gu & W.L.Li
  • Rubus incanus Sasaki ex T.S.Liu & T.Y.Yang
  • Rubus lasiocarpus Sm.
  • Rubus lasiocarpus var. micranthus (D.Don) Hook.f.
  • Rubus longistylus H.Lév.
  • Rubus micranthus D.Don
  • Rubus mysorensis B.Heyne
  • Rubus pinnatus D.Don
  • Rubus pyi H.Lév.
  • Rubus tongtchouanensis H.Lév.
  • Rubus concolor Wall.
  • Rubus horsfieldii Miq.
  • Rubus sericeus Lindl.

Description

Rubus niveus is a shrub growing to 1–2.5 m tall, the stems whitish tomentose at first, becoming glabrous green to purple later. The leaves are pinnate with 5–11 leaflets (mostly 7 or 9), the leaflets 2.5–8 cm long and 1–4 cm broad, dark green above, densely pale grey to white tomentose beneath. The flowers are about 1 cm diameter, with five dark pink to red petals. The fruit is 8–12 mm diameter, densely grey tomentose, dark red at first, ripening black.[3]

Cultivation

Rubus niveus is cultivated for its edible fruit. It has become naturalised and invasive in Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands.[6]

References

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