COMMON NAME: YELLOWISH RASPBERRY

 

SCIENTIFIC NAME: RUBUS IMPERIALIS

 

FAMILY OF ROSACEAE

 

COMMENTS: SPECIES NATIVE TO THE REGIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH BRAZIL WHERE IT CAN BE MET WITH SECURITY.

IN THE IMPENETRABLE WOOD OF THE FOREST OR IN THE LOWLAND FOREST AROUND PONDS. THE SPECIES DIFFERS FROM THE GREEN RASPBERRY (RUBUS ERYTHOCLADUS), BECAUSE THE SHOOT IS STRIATED, WHILE THE OF  R. ERYTHOCLADUS IS CYLINDRIC WITH REDDISH THORNS (ERYTHO – RED OR BLOOD) AND THE LEAVES ARE LARGER AND MEMBRANOUS, WHILE THE LEAVES OF VON R. ERYTHOCLADUS ARE SMALLER. THE FRUITS ARE LONGISH AND HAVE LONGER STEMS, WHILE THE FRUITS OF R. ERYTHOCLADUS ARE ROUNDISH AND HAVE SHORT STEMS AND ARE LOCATED IN THE CLOSER BUNCHES.

  

 

 

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