Rubus thibetanus | |
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at the Botanical Garden in Berlin | |
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(left to right) R. coreanus, R. thibetanus, R. corchorifolius [1] | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Rubus |
Subgenus: | R. subg. Idaeobatus |
Species: | R. thibetanus
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Binomial name | |
Rubus thibetanus | |
Synonyms [3] [4] | |
Rubus veitchii Rolfe |
Rubus thibetanus, sometimes known as ghost bramble, [5] is a species of deciduous shrub in the genus Rubus, native to western China, where the local Chinese name may be translated into English as Tibetan dewberry. [6] It is xu zang xuan gou zi in transcribed Chinese [3]
Rubus thibetanus is found in Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Xizang ( Tibet) provinces, to an altitude of 900–2100 meters, usually in dry areas in ravines, thickets, ditches, and on the edges of forests. [3] [7]
Rubus thibetanus grows 2–3 m tall, with reddish-brown, cylindric branchlets, and sparse prickles. Leaves are pinnately compound, triangular over all, appearing rather fern-like. Flowers are white, emerging in June. In August it bears its fruit, which are globular, purplish-black or dark red aggregate fruits (" berries"), 8–10 mm in diameter. [7] Reports of the edibility of said fruits is inconsistent; some regard these as inedible without clarification, [8][ why?] and only few sources consider the fruit edible. [9]
In cultivation in the UK Rubus thibetanus has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [8]
Notes: Tibet
Rubus thibetanus | |
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at the Botanical Garden in Berlin | |
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(left to right) R. coreanus, R. thibetanus, R. corchorifolius [1] | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Rubus |
Subgenus: | R. subg. Idaeobatus |
Species: | R. thibetanus
|
Binomial name | |
Rubus thibetanus | |
Synonyms [3] [4] | |
Rubus veitchii Rolfe |
Rubus thibetanus, sometimes known as ghost bramble, [5] is a species of deciduous shrub in the genus Rubus, native to western China, where the local Chinese name may be translated into English as Tibetan dewberry. [6] It is xu zang xuan gou zi in transcribed Chinese [3]
Rubus thibetanus is found in Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Xizang ( Tibet) provinces, to an altitude of 900–2100 meters, usually in dry areas in ravines, thickets, ditches, and on the edges of forests. [3] [7]
Rubus thibetanus grows 2–3 m tall, with reddish-brown, cylindric branchlets, and sparse prickles. Leaves are pinnately compound, triangular over all, appearing rather fern-like. Flowers are white, emerging in June. In August it bears its fruit, which are globular, purplish-black or dark red aggregate fruits (" berries"), 8–10 mm in diameter. [7] Reports of the edibility of said fruits is inconsistent; some regard these as inedible without clarification, [8][ why?] and only few sources consider the fruit edible. [9]
In cultivation in the UK Rubus thibetanus has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [8]
Notes: Tibet