Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus probus

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus probus is a large, scrambling shrub producing a cluster of prickly stems from a woody rootstock - it can grow up to 3 metres tall. The plant spreads by means of rhizomes and can form large, impenetrable thickets[ 397 Title Australian Native Plants Society Publication Author Website http://anpsa.org.au/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is occasionally cultivated as a fruit crop, both in Australia and also in Puerto Rico[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)

HabitatDisturbed areas in well developed lowland, upland and mountain rain forests; at elevations up to 1,100 metres[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].