Rubus hastifolius

Botanical Description

Rubus hastifolius is an evergreen shrub producing each year a cluster of scrambling, sparsely prickly stems from a woody rootstock; the stems can be up to 12 metres 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 often harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, and is also used as a food.