Rubus racemosus Roxb.

A climbing shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. The prickles are curved. The leaves are compound with leaflets along the stalk with one at the end. The leaves are 12 cm long by 8 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge. The end leaflet is oval and 8 cm long by 6 cm wide. There are a few flowers in a group in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are 1 cm wide. The fruit are round and purple and 1 cm wide.

Montane rainforests, often found in cleared forest and other areas of disturbance, also in grassland, along the sides of roads and railways, in plantations etc.

The fruit are eaten raw or cooked.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.