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3. Rubus sorbifolius Maxim.wfo-0001017833

Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. S. Pétersb. 17: 158. 1871; Mél. boil. Bull. Acad. imp. Sci. St. Pétersb. 8: 390. 1871; Craib, Fl. Siam. En. 1: 573. 1931.

Accepted Name : Rubus sumatranus Miq.
Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 307. 1861.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrub or liana. Branches terete, almost villous, covered with reddish stipitate gland and stout hooked prickles. Leaves compound pinnate, 7-foliolate, sometimes 1–3-foliolate in upper part, membranous, pubescent underneath. Leaflets lanceolate, acuminate, 2–7 by 1–2 cm, double incise-serrate; midrib prickly; nerves 5 pairs. Petiole 3–6 cm. Stipules joined to the petiole, 2–7 cm long, lanceolate, long-acuminate. Flowers in 3-flowered, sometimes 1–2-flowered cymes. Pedicel 2–3 cm, slender, villous prickly. Calyx pubescent outside; lobes ovate-lanceolate, long-pointed, pubescent-tomentose inside and on the margins, reflexed. Petals white, glabrous, unguiculate. Stamens numerous. Carpels ca 400, small, inserted on a prominent receptacle 1.5 cm high, conic, villous. Styles short, filiform; stigma flattened. Fruit reddish globose or more often oblong. Stones deeply pitted.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Doi Chiang Dao), Phrae (Mae Sai), Nan (Ban Chin), Phisanulok (Phu Miang); NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Phu Krandung).

Distribution : India (type), Vietnam, Laos, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Indonesia.

Ecology : In open mountain forests, from 400 m alt.

Uses: Fruit edible.