WorldFloraDB - Rubus hispidus

Characteristics

A plant which trails on the ground. The fruit have a few large grains. They are red or purple.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.0

Mature height (meter)

0.35 - 0.4

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

0.3

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Moist or dry open soils, ditches, swales or open woods. Moist to wet woodlands, meadows, openings, bogs, fens, disturbed areas, wet to dry soil; at elevations up to 1,500 metres.

More

It is a temperate plant.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	cover plant dye medicinal weed
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	Anthelmintic (fruit), Antidiarrheal (fruit), Tonic (fruit), Dermatological Aid (leaf), Cough Medicine (root), Febrifuge (root), Tuberculosis Remedy (root), Antidiarrheal (root), Antidiarrheal (unspecified)
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°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	14 - 20
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-