Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus pyrifolius

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus pyrifolius is a climbing shrub producing a cluster of scrambling, prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; the stems usually scramble for up to 8 metres through the vegetation, though there is one report of the stems growing 30 metres long[ 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. , 1168 Title The Genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia; 2. The Subgenus Malachobatus Publication Blumea 29 (1984) 319-386 Author Kalkman C. Publisher Year 1984 ISBN Description A revision of part of the genus Rubus in Malesia ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines

HabitatMountainous regions, sheltered sites on mountains, forests, forest margins, stream sides; at elevations up to 2,100 metres[ 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. ].