Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus moschus

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus moschus is a deciduous shrub producing each year a cluster of arching, prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock. 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Turkey, Georgia

HabitatConiferous (spruce), mixed and broad -leaved (beech, in particular) forests; forest edges and clearings, banks of streams[ 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. ].