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4. Rubus niveus Thunb.wfo-0000995169

Diss. Rubo: 9. t. 3. 1831; Focke, Biblioth. Bot. 17(72): 182. 1811; Craib, Fl. Siam. En. 1: 573. 1931; Thuan in Fl. C.L.V. 6: 26. 1968.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Erect or semi-scandent shrub. Branches glabrous sometimes pruinose, covered with scattered, hooked prickles. Leaves compound pinnate, 7–11-foliolate, variable in size, rather coriaceous, white-tomentose underneath. Leaflets 2–5 by 1–2 cm, often doubly dentate and mucronate, terminal one usually broad ovate and long-petiolulate. Lateral ones ovate, sessile; nerves 10 pairs, strong, straight, prominent underneath. Petiole 4 cm, pubescent grooved above, prickly underneath. Stipules joined to the petiole, lanceolate, Flower 1 cm across, in terminal many-flowered panicles 3 cm long. Pedicel 1 cm. Bracts and bractlets small, lanceolate, hairy. Calyx white-tomenthose; lobes triangular, mucronate. Petals deep pink, equalling the sepals, unguiculate. Stamens shorter than the petals; filaments compressed; anthers ovate orbicular. Carpels ca 50 borne on a rather flat receptacle. Styles filiform, short. Fruit globose, reddish. Stones pitted.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Doi Chiang Dao).

Distribution : India, Ceylon, Burma, Vietnam, Laos, China, Indonesia (Java – type), the Philippines.

Ecology : In open rocky ground on limestone formation.

Uses: Fruit edible.