Rosaceae FAMILY
Rubus archboldianus
Rubus archboldianus
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Rubus archboldianus is a climbing or scrambling shrub producing each year a cluster of prickly stems up to 5 metres long from a woody rootstock. The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local consumption.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea.
HabitatIn and along edges of different kinds of mountain forest and in shrubland, usually at elevations from 1,800 - 3,6O0 metres, occasionally to 4,300 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].