Rubus adenothallus

Botanical Description

Rubus adenothallus is a deciduous shrub producing each year a cluster of biennial stems from a woody rootstock. The stems only produce leaves and do not flower in their first year of growth, forming flowering branches in their second year and dying after fruiting. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is cultivated for its fruits in the Andes at an altitudinal range of 2,100 - 3,000 metres[ 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. ].