Rubus roseus

Botanical Description

Rubus roseus is a shrub producing each year a cluster of scrambling or arching stems growing from a woody rootstock - the canes can be up to 250cm long[ 504 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 24 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Smithsonian Institute; Washington. Year 1931 ISBN Description A treatment of the edible fruits of Ecuador is jut one of the articles in this publication. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The stems only produce leaves in their first year, forming flower and leaf-bearing branches in their second year of growth and dying after flowering. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is cultivated for its fruits in the Andes[ 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. ] - these are often sold in S. American markets, and are sometimes exported to Europe[ 196 Title Lost Crops of the Incas Publication Author Popenoe. H. et al Publisher National Academy Press Year 1990 ISBN 0-309-04264-X Description An excellent book. Very readable, with lots of information and good pictures of some lesser known food plants of S. America. ].