Rubus illecebrosus

Rubus illecebrosus
Fruit in Lithuania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Subgenus: Idaeobatus
Species: R. illecebrosus
Binomial name
Rubus illecebrosus
Focke 1899
Synonyms[1]
  • Rubus commersonii var. illecebrosus (Focke) Makino
  • Rubus sorbifolius hort. ex Wittm.
  • Rubus tokinibara (H.Hara) Naruh.

Rubus illecebrosus is a red-fruited species of Rubus that originally came from Japan, but is also very popular in some European countries like Lithuania. Common names include balloon berry[2] and strawberry raspberry.[3] It has become sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in Canada, the United States, and South America.[4][5]

Rubus illecebrosus is a thorny shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound. Flowers are produced either one at a time or in clumps of 2-3, each with 5 petals up to 18 mm (0.72 inches) long (longer than those of most related species). Fruits are also unusually large for the genus, each oblong, red, up to 2 cm (0.8 inches) long with 50–100 drupelets.[6]

References

  1. The Plant List, Rubus illecebrosus Focke
  2. Fruitipedia, balloon berry, (Rubus illecebrosus) includes photos
  3. "Rubus illecebrosus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
  6. Flora ot North America, Rubus illecebrosus Focke, 1899. Strawberry raspberry


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