Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus brasiliensis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub

Growth—

A plant of moderate elevations in the subtropics to tropics, being found at elevations from 700 - 1,600 metres in the tropics. Requires a position in full sun or bright shade^[1]. Succeeds in most soils^[1].

Propagation

Seed - germinates best if given a period of cold stratification prior to sowing in containers. Stored seed requires one month stratification at about 3°c and is best sown as early as possible in the growing season. Prick out the seedlings when they are large enough to handle and grow on until large enough to plant out. Cuttings of half-ripe wood in a frame^[2]. Tip layering towards the end of the growing season Division just before the plant comes into new growth or as it enters dormancy^[2]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Rubus+brasiliensis>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Flora Parana — http://www.chaua.org.br/pagina/floraparana-catalogo-plantas-nativas-do-parana ↩︎Not quite a flora, but an on-line listing of many of the plants of Parana in southern Brazil. Good photographs, plus descriptions and details of plant uses.
[2]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
[3]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
[4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
[5]Therapeutic Constituents and Actions of Rubus Species — Patel A.V.; Rojas-Vera J.; Dacke C.G. · 2004 ↩︎A summary of the various medicinal uses of the genus Rubus