WorldFloraDB - Rubus tricolor

Characteristics

A low growing shrub. It grows 60 cm high and spreads 2.4-4.5 m wide. It can keeps its leaves all year round. The stems are bristly. The leaves are dark green and shiny. They have 3 lobes. They are like felt and white underneath. The flowers are white and saucer shaped. The occur singly or in groups of a few flowers. The fruit is red and edible.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

endozoochory

Mature width (meter)

2.0 - 2.5

Mature height (meter)

0.3 - 0.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

Fruiting months

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

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Steep banks and in scrub on mountains; at elevations up to 3,000 metres. Slopes, forests and thickets; at elevations rom 1,800-3,600 metres in Sichuan and Yunnan.

More

It is a temperate plant. It grows on forest slopes between 1,800-3,600 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 7-10. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

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

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	-