Characteristics
A scrambling shrub. It grows 2 m high. The young branches are slender and hairy. They have prickles that curve back. The leaves usually have 3 leaflets. They are 3-5 cm long and the end leaflet is the largest. The leaflets often have 3 lobes and blunt teeth. They have white hairs underneath. The flowers are pink. The flowers are in small clusters at the ends of branches and in the axils of leaves. The fruit are red or orange. They are about 1 cm across. The fruit are edible.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
shrub
|
| Growth support |
-
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
2.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
|
Environment
It is a temperate plant. It grows between 1,500-2,400 m altitude in the Himalayas.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
|
| Soil texture |
-
|
| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
The ripe fruit are eaten.
| Uses |
-
|
| Edible
|
fruits
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
|
| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
| Mode |
-
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
14 - 20
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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