Rubus perfulvus Merr.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Rubus

Characteristics

Climbing shrubs. Stems densely hairy when young, prickles few, short. Leaves ovate, 5-9 by 4-7 cm, not or hardly lobed, base truncate to rounded, margin grossly dentate, apex acuminate, stiff coriaceous, 3-nerved, the two lateral main nerves with c. 4 basiscopic side-nerves, the middle nerve with c. 4 pairs of lateral nerves, nerves and veins impressed above and leaf surface bullate, upper surface scattered long-hairy, glabrescent, lower surface with a dense and thick woolly felt of curly hairs and with longer, straight, appressed hairs on nerves and veins, distinctly two-coloured. Petiole 1-1.5 cm long. Stipules persistent, up to 15 by 3 mm, entire. Inflorescence according to Merrill a terminal, 5-flowered, compact raceme and also some solitary flowers in the upper leaf axils. Flowers large. Sepals triangular, c. 12 by 3-4 mm, outer ones with few marginal teeth. Petals not seen. Stamens probably with glabrous anthers. Collective fruits c. 1.2 cm diameter. Fruits glabrous (Merrill), red, the mesocarp a thin membranous layer when dry, endocarp rugose, stone c. 3 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Optimum temperature (C°) 14 - 20
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Distribution

Rubus perfulvus world distribution map, present in Philippines

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:739076-1
WFO ID wfo-0001000669
COL ID 4TL8K
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Synonyms

Rubus perfulvus