Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus lambertianus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus lambertianus is an evergreen shrub, producing a cluster of scrambling, sparsely-prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; the stems can be up to 300cm long[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - central and southern China, southern Japan, Thailand

HabitatSlopes, roadsides, montane valleys, stony ravines, grasslands, thickets, sparse forests, forest margins, moist places; at elevations from 200 - 2,500 metres[ 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. ].