Rubus moluccanus

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Phylogeny & links to associated information

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Plant  information

Common name:     Native Rasberry

• Also Molucca bramble or broad-leaf bramble  

Conservation status: unkown

Etymology:   

• x

Flowers:                  

• Flowers pinkish red or white

Fruit:                         

• Red fruit is 1.2 cm wide

Leaves:         

•   Simple with 3-5 lobes, 2–15 cm long, and 3–10 cm wide

• The lower surface tomentose

Stem & branches: 

•  x

Roots:         

• x

Habit:        

• It is a scrambling shrub or climber

Habitat:   

• Moist eucalyptus forest and rainforest

Distribution:                  

• Eastern Australia, distributed from Queensland to Victoria and North-East Indian states of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh

Species:                     

• World:            S,    G

• Australia:      S,    G

Additional notes:     

• Uses

  • Regarded as a tasty edible fruit

  • Eaten out-of-hand, and used commercially to a limited extent in jams and sauces

  • It is used as traditional health care practices and highly enriched with vitamin C