Rubus henryi Hemsl. & Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Rubus

Characteristics

Shrubs climbing, to 6 m tall, evergreen. Branchlets brown or reddish brown, densely tomentose at first, subglabrescent, with sparse, slightly curved small prickles. Leaves simple; petiole 3–6 cm, slender, tomentose; stipules oblong or oblong-lanceolate, free, 1–1.8 cm × 3–7 mm, membranous, villous, margin entire or apically with 2 or 3 teeth, apex acuminate; blade 8–15 × 7–14 cm, leathery, abaxially densely gray or yellowish gray tomentose, sometimes with sparse, minute prickles on raised veins, adaxially lucid-green, glabrous, base broadly cuneate to subrounded or cordate, palmately 3–5-lobed; lobes lanceolate or narrowly oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 7–11 × 1.5–2.5 cm, margin with sparse, coarse or thin sharp serrations, apex acuminate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, racemes, 7–12 cm, 9–20-flowered; rachis and pedicels densely gray or yellowish white tomentose and villous, with few minute needle-like prickles; bracts oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1–1.5 cm × 4–7 mm, membranous, villous, margin entire or apically with few teeth, apex acuminate. Pedicel 5–10 mm. Calyx ca. 1.5 cm, gray or yellowish white tomentose and villous, sometimes with intermixed glandular hairs; sepals reflexed after anthesis, narrowly triangular, 6–10 × 3–5 mm, margin entire, apex acuminate to caudate. Petals reddish, narrowly ovate, 7–9 × 3–6 mm, both surfaces pilose, base shortly clawed, margin erose or minutely crenate, apex obtuse. Stamens many, nearly as long as petals, villous. Pistils slightly longer than stamens, villous. Aggregate fruit black, subglobose, 1.3–1.5 cm in diam.; persistent styles reddish, villous; pyrenes somewhat reticulate. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Aug.
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A climbing shrub. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. It grows 6 m long. The young branches are brown with a coating at first. There are a few small curved prickles. The leaves are 8-15 cm long by 7-14 cm wide. They have 3-5 lobes. There are 9-20 flowers in a group near the end of the branches. The petals are red. The fruit are aggregate and black. They are 1.3-1.5 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.75 - 3.5
Mature height (meter) 5.25 - 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in valleys and forests below 2,500 m above sea level. In Sichuan.
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Slopes, valleys, mountainous areas, forests and thickets; at elevations up to 2,500 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses dye medicinal
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) 14 - 20
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Productivity -

Images

Rubus henryi unspecified picture

Distribution

Rubus henryi world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:737301-1
WFO ID wfo-0001018201
COL ID 4TKCW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rubus henryi Rubus henryi var. henryi

Lower taxons

Rubus henryi var. sozostylus