Rubus ellipticus

Botanical Description

Rubus ellipticus is an evergreen shrub producing a cluster of stout, heavily armed, upright, biennial stems from a woody rootstock. It usually grows 100 - 300cm tall, occasionally up to 450cm. The stems only produce leaves, and do not flower, in their first year of growth, forming flowering branches in their second year and then dying after fruiting. The plant can rapidly form tall, dense thickets[ 26 Title Comfrey Report. Publication Author Hills. L. Publisher Henry Doubleday Research Ass. Year ISBN Description A small booklet giving a fairly comprehensive guide to the uses of comfrey. , 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. The fruit is sold in local markets in the Himalayas[ 194 Title Wild Fruits of the Sub-Himalayan Region. Publication Author Parmar. C. and Kaushal. M.K. Publisher Kalyani Publishers. New Delhi. Year 1982 ISBN - Description Contains lots of information on about 25 species of fruit-bearing plants of the Himalayas, not all of them suitable for cool temperate zones. , 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ]. The plant is grown both as a fruit crop and an ornamental in a variety of places, including Florida, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and California[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. , 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. ]. This species, particularly the subspecies obcordatus, has become established and naturalized in some areas of the Andes in S. America, where it is looking as though it could become a serious weed problem[ 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. ]. The form of the plant growing in Hawaii seems to be particularly vigorous, producing much taller and denser growth than in its native range - since the first report of its escape from cultivation in Hawaii in 1961, it has become established in mid-elevation forest and pastureland, forming tall, dense thickets and spreading by seeds, suckers and only occasionally by layering. It is also able to resprout vigorously after a fire. Although not so vigorous in its native range, the plant often encroaches into cultivated areas there and would probably become more densely established were it not for the diligence of local farmers who remove it as a weed[ 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. , 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ].