Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus sumatranus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus sumatranus is an erect or scrambling to semi-scandent shrub producing a cluster of stems fom a woody rotstock; the plant can grow up to 2 metres tall[ 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. , 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local consumption.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Japan, northeast India, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatClearings, roadsides, thickets, tea plantations, forest borders, and similar open places, very rarely reported from lighter types of forest, at elevations from 500 - 2,000 metres in Malaya and Indonesia[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].