Rubus maershanensis

Botanical Description

Rubus maershanensis is a perennial plant producing upright, more or less solitary stems 10 - 50cm tall from an underground rhizome. Flower bearing branchlets arise from the rhizome[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ] The plant is almost certainly harvested from the wild for local use as a food.