Rubus probus
| Atherton Raspberry | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Species: | R. probus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubus probus L.H.Bailey 1923 | |
Rubus probus (syn. Rubus muelleri), or Atherton Raspberry, is a wild tropical raspberry species native to Papua New Guinea and Australia.[1][2]
Atherton raspberry is upright in habit and exhibits low thorniness in comparison to most Rubus species. The leaves are shiny and compound. It produces an edible red berry. [3]
It has been commercially cultivated to a limited extent in Australia as a cool season punnet fruit.
Weed risk
There is concern that R. probus could become a rampant environmental weed, similar to blackberry, when grown outside of its natural range.
References
- ↑ "Rubus probus". Australian Native Plants Society. 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Rubus probus L.H.Bailey, Wild Raspberry
- ↑ Bailey, Liberty Hyde. 1923. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 1(4): 150–151
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