Rubus chingii

Botanical Description

Rubus chingii is a deciduous shrub producing each year a cluster of erect to scrambling, sparsely prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; the stems can be 150 - 300cm 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 stems only produce leaves in their first year of growth, forming flower and leaf-bearing branches in their second year and dying after fruiting. The plant is commonly harvested from the wild for local use as a food, and is also harvested for medicinal use.