Rubus plicatus

Botanical Description

Rubus plicatus is a deciduous shrub producing each year a cluster of arching, prickly, biennial stems up to 300cm long from a woody rootstock New roots are produced where the tips of arching stems touch the ground, developing into new plants and thus forming dense, impenetrable thickets of growth. The stems only produce leaves in their first year, forming flower and leaf-bearing branches in their second year of growth and dying after fruiting[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. This plant produces one of the most popular temperate fruits - the blackberry. It is very commonly harvested from the wild, is grown in gardens and also on a commercial scale. The plant also has a wide variety of medicinal uses.