Rubus thibetanus Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Rubus

Characteristics

Shrubs 2–3 m tall. Branchlets reddish brown, cylindric, initially densely soft hairy, glabrescent, with sparse prickles, with white bloom. Leaves imparipinnate, (5–)7–11(–13)-foliolate; petiole 1–2 cm, petiolule of terminal leaflet 0.7–1.5 cm, lateral leaflets sessile, petiolule and rachis with dense soft hairs and sparse, slender prickles; stipules linear-lanceolate, 4–8 mm, pubescent; blade of leaflets variable, terminal leaflet ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–6.5 × 1.5–2.5 cm, more than 2 × as long as lateral leaflets, margin often pinnately lobed, deeply incised or coarsely sharply serrate, apex long acuminate, lateral leaflets obliquely ovate or ovate-orbicular, 1–3 × 0.6–1.5 cm, margin with several large sharp teeth above middle, abaxially densely gray tomentose, adaxially pubescent. Inflorescences terminal, corymbose, 2–4 cm, 3–8-flowered, rarely flowers solitary in leaf axils; rachis and pedicels densely pubescent; bracts linear, 4–6 mm, pubescent. Pedicel 1–1.5 cm. Flowers 1–1.2 cm in diam. Calyx abaxially densely pubescent; sepals spreading at anthesis, reflexed in fruit, triangular-lanceolate, 5–7 × 2–4 mm, apex acuminate. Petals pink or purplish red, orbicular-ovate, 3–4.5 × 3–4 mm. Stamens numerous, purplish red; filaments linear. Pistils nearly as long as stamens; ovary densely pubescent; styles ca. 3 mm, glabrous. Aggregate fruit purplish black or dark red, subglobose, 8–10 mm in diam., densely gray pubescent; pyrenes densely rugulose. Fl. Jun, fr. Aug.
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A shrub. It grows 2-3 m high. It spread 2-3 m wide. The branches are reddish brown. The have soft hairs when young. There are a few prickles. The leaves are divided 7-11 times. The fruit are black or dark red. They are 8-10 mm across. They have dense grey hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.75 - 2.75
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in thickets and on the edge of forests in dry places between 900-2100 m in China. It suits hardiness zones 6-10.
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Thickets, forest margins, roadsides, slopes, ravines and dry places; at elevations from 900-2,100 metres.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses dye
Edible fruits
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°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) 14 - 20
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Rubus thibetanus unspecified picture

Distribution

Rubus thibetanus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:740816-1
WFO ID wfo-0001017752
COL ID 4TLVP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rubus thibetanus Rubus veitchii