Rubus niveus

Rubus niveus
	Rubus niveus
Systematics
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Rose-like (rosales)
Family :	Rose family (Rosaceae)
Subfamily :	Rosoideae
Genre :	Rubus
Type :	Rubus niveus
Scientific name
	Rubus niveus
	Thunb. 1813 not Wall. ex G. Don 1832

Rubus niveus ( English Mysore raspberry, Ceylon raspberry, hill raspberry ; Chinese 红泡刺藤 , Pinyin hong pao ci teng ; Hindi काला हिसालू kala hinsalu ) is a species of the rose family. It is native to South Asia from Afghanistan eastwards via India and China to Taiwan and the Philippines , southwards to Sri Lanka and Malaysia and northwards to Gansu in China.

description

Rubus niveus is a shrub up to 2.5 meters in height. The shoots are initially tomentose, but later turn smooth green to purple. The leaves are pinnate with 5… 11 (mostly 7 or 9) leaflets, each 2.5… 8 cm long and 1… 4 cm wide, dark green on top and pale green to almost white tomentose on the underside. The flowers are about one centimeter in diameter and have five dark pink to red petals . The fruit has a diameter of 8… 12 millimeters. It is dense gray tomentose, initially dark red and black when ripe.

Taxonomy

The Plant List , a joint venture between the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) and the Missouri Botanical Garden , lists the following synonyms:

Dyctisperma lasiocarpus (Sm.) Raf. ex BDJacks.
Rubus albescens Roxb.
Rubus bonatii H.Lév.
Rubus distans D.Don
Rubus donianus Spreng.
Rubus foliolosus D. Don
Rubus godongensis Y.Gu & WLLi
Rubus incanus Sasaki ex TSLiu & TYYang
Rubus lasiocarpus Sm.
Rubus lasiocarpus var. Micranthus (D.Don) Hook.f.
Rubus longistylus H.Lév.
Rubus micranthus D.Don
Rubus mysorensis B. Heyne
Rubus pinnatus D.Don
Rubus pyi H.Lév.
Rubus tongtchouanensis H.Lév.
Rubus concolor Wall.
Rubus horsfieldii Miq.
Rubus sericeus Lindl.

Cultivation

Rubus niveus is grown for its edible fruits. It has spread as an invasive species in Hawaii and the Galapagos Islands .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Rubus niveus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
↑ ^a ^b Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, Gordon C. Tucker: Rubus niveus . In: Flora of China @ eFloras.org . Retrieved May 7, 2019.
^ Rubus niveus . In: Plants for a Future . Retrieved May 7, 2019.
^ Sorting Rubus names . University of Melbourne. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
^ Rubus niveus Thunb. . The Plant List. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
^ Rubus niveus . In: Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk . Retrieved May 7, 2019.

[GRIN-1] A ^b ^c Rubus niveus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

[foc-2] Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, Gordon C. Tucker: Rubus niveus . In: Flora of China @ eFloras.org . Retrieved May 7, 2019.

[pfaf-3] Rubus niveus . In: Plants for a Future . Retrieved May 7, 2019.

[4] Sorting Rubus names . University of Melbourne. Retrieved May 7, 2019.

[5] Rubus niveus Thunb. . The Plant List. Retrieved May 3, 2019.

[hear-6] Rubus niveus . In: Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk . Retrieved May 7, 2019.