Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rosaceae | Genus: Rubus | Species: Rubus ellipticus Smith ( हिसालु, ळालांचु ) |
Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Rubus hirtus Roxb. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Himalayan Yellow Raspberry, Lalanchu, hinsal | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Himalayan Yellow Raspberry | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Lalanchu, hinsal | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | 500–2000 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruits yellow or golden – yellow, succulent; drupelets on a cylindric hairy receptacle, many, 1 – seeded. |
| Habitat | Common; open hill slopes, nearby villages, edges of Pine forests | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Submontane to montane Himalaya, from Himachal to Sikkim; Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Greece. | Bark Details | Bark clothed with rusty – brown bristles and short conical prickles. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Trifoliate | ||
| Description of Species | Evergreen shrubs, often arched or straggling, to 4.5 m long; bark clothed with rusty – brown bristles and short conical prickles. Leaves pinnately 3 – foliate, leaflets elliptic – obovate or ovate, upper surface green, glabrescent, lower bristly or hoary tomentose; terminal leaflets larger in size, lateral ones smaller serrate, obtuse. Flowers white, in dense axillary fascicles or short terminal panicles. Calyx 5 – lobed. Petals 5, obovate, larger than calyx lobes. Fruits yellow or golden – yellow, succulent; drupelets on a cylindric hairy receptacle, many, 1 – seeded. | Leaf Details | Leaves pinnately 3 – foliate, leaflets elliptic – obovate or ovate, upper surface green, glabrescent, lower bristly or hoary tomentose; terminal leaflets larger in size, lateral ones smaller serrate, obtuse. |
