Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus urticifolius

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus urticifolius is a shrub producing each year a cluster of arching, stems from a woody rotstock; the plant can grow 150 - 250cm tall[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes cultivated for its fruit in S. America[ 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 RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Clombia and Venezuela, ; C. America - Panama to Guatemala and southern Mexico.

HabitatMoist or wet thickets or forest, sometimes in brushy fields; at elevations from 600 - 1,500 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].