Rubus ikenoensis

Botanical Description

Rubus ikenoensis is a perennia plant producing each year a cluster of lightly-armed, arching, biennial stems that become more or less woody, especially near the base. The stems are erect at first then arching and becoming procumbent[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ]. 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.