Rubus wallichianus Wight & Arn.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Rubus

Characteristics

Shrubs climbing, 1–2 m tall. Branchlets reddish brown, grayish brown in age, robust, angled, pubescent, with sparse, curved prickles, with dense, spreading reddish brown bristles to 7 mm. Leaves imparipinnate, usually 3-foliolate; petiole 2–4.5 cm, petiolule of terminal leaflet 1.5–3 cm, lateral leaflets subsessile, reddish brown bristly, pubescent, with sparse prickles; stipules linear, 0.7–1.4 cm, pubescent, intermixed sparsely setose; blade of leaflets elliptic or ovate, rarely obovate, 4–9(–12) × 3–7(–10) cm, terminal leaflet larger than lateral leaflets, midvein and veins raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, often sparsely setose, with minute prickles, abaxially dark green, glabrous or slightly pubescent along midvein, adaxially slightly pale, pilose only along veins, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin irregularly sharply serrate, apex acuminate to caudate, rarely nearly acute. Inflorescences clusters of 4–8 flowers in leaf axils, rarely flowers solitary; bracts linear or linear-lanceolate, 6–10 mm, pubescent. Pedicel 4–7 mm, pubescent, intermixed setose, with minute prickles. Flowers 1–1.3 cm in diam. Calyx abaxially densely tomentose; sepals erect in fruit, broadly ovate or triangular-ovate, 5–7 × 4–5 mm, apex subacute, abruptly long pointed. Petals white, spatulate to elliptic-obovate, 6–10 × 4–6 mm, both surfaces tomentose, base clawed, apex rounded to acute. Stamens many, shorter than petals; filaments linear, but somewhat broadened and flattened. Pistils slightly shorter than or nearly as long as stamens; apex of ovary and base of style soft hairy. Aggregate fruit golden or reddish yellow at maturity, globose, 5–8 mm in diam., glabrous; pyrenes deeply rugose. Fl. Mar–Apr, fr. May–Jun. 2n = 14*.
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A climbing shrub. It grows 1-2 m tall. The small branches are reddish brown. They are angled and hairy with curved prickles. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. There are usually 3 leaflets. The end leaflet is 2-3 cm long. The flowers are white and in groups near the ends of branches. The fruit is golden or reddish-yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In the Himalayas it grows in shady places along valleys between 2,000-2,600 m above sea level.
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Thickets on slopes, mixed forests, montane valleys, ravines, stream sides, cliffs; at elevations from 300-2,200 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses gene source medicinal
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°) 14 - 20
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Distribution

Rubus wallichianus world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:741237-1
WFO ID wfo-0000996196
COL ID 4TM3V
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rubus fasciculatus Rubus pinfaensis Rubus erythrolasius Rubus duthieanus Rubus wallichianus Rubus ellipticus subsp. fasciculatus