Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus eriocarpus

Edibility

4/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus eriocarpus is a shrub, producing a cluster of erect to subscandent, prickly stems from a woody rootstock; it can grow up to 250cm tall[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is cultivated in Central America for these fruits, which have been described as one of the best all over the world)[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeC. America - Panama to Guatemala and Mexico

HabitatMoist thickets or pine-oak forest; at elevations from 2,000 - 4,000 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].