Rubus sieboldii

Botanical Description

Rubus sieboldii is a deciduous shrub producing each year a cluster of prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock. 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[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is occasionally cultivated as a fruit crop. The plant is cultivated as a fruit crop in Hawaii, where it has escaped from cultivation and become sparingly naturalized. It can be hard to eradicate - any piece of root left in the ground can resprout to produce a new plant[ 305 Title Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk Publication Author Website http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands. ].