Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus brasiliensis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus brasiliensis is a spiny shrub growing 1 - 2 metres tall. The edible fruits are gathered from the wild and consumed locally. The plant is sometimes cultivated for its fruits. An ornamental plant, it is valued particularly for its flowers[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. , 503 Title Flora Parana Publication Author Website http://www.chaua.org.br/pagina/floraparana-catalogo-plantas-nativas-do-parana Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Not quite a flora, but an on-line listing of many of the plants of Parana in southern Brazil. Good photographs, plus descriptions and details of plant uses. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Brazil.

HabitatCommon on he edges of forests and in open places[ 503 Title Flora Parana Publication Author Website http://www.chaua.org.br/pagina/floraparana-catalogo-plantas-nativas-do-parana Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Not quite a flora, but an on-line listing of many of the plants of Parana in southern Brazil. Good photographs, plus descriptions and details of plant uses. ].