Synonym |
Rubus albescens Roxb., Rubus distans
D.Don, Rubus micranthus D.Don. |
Flower Color |
Red - Pink |
Common Name |
Hill raspberry, Kala hinsalu |
Flower Type |
Panicle |
English / Trade Name |
Hill Raspberry, Snowpeaks Raspberry |
Flowering Period |
Jan-March |
Vernacular /Local Name |
Heijampet |
Fruiting Period |
April-June |
Altitude |
500-2800 m |
Fruit Type |
Aggregate |
Habit |
Shrub |
Fruit Details |
Subglobose aggregate of drupelets with a purple-black colour juicy and sweet with small seeds. |
Habitat |
Occurs in a widely in Oak forest. |
Bark Type |
Smooth |
Distribution |
India, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. |
Bark Details |
Whitish velvety at first becoming smooth green to purple later. |
Distribution in Haryana |
Morni-Pinjore |
Origin |
Native |
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Leaf Type |
Compound |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Trifoliate |
Description of Species |
A shrub growing up to 1–2.5 m tall, stems whitish tomentose at first becoming glabrous green to purple later. Leaves imparipinnate, with 5–11 leaflets, blade of leaflets elliptic, ovate-elliptic, or rhombic-elliptic, terminal leaflet ovate to elliptic, slightly longer than lateral leaflets stipules linear-lanceolate. Flowers densely tomentose, with soft hairs; calyx erect, triangular-ovate; corolla red, suborbicular; stamens many, nearly as long as petals. Fruit aggregate dark red when immature, black at maturity, semiglobose. |
Leaf Details |
Leaves imparipinnate, with 5–11 leaflets, blade of leaflets elliptic, ovate-elliptic, or rhombic-elliptic, terminal leaflet ovate to elliptic, slightly longer than lateral leaflets stipules linear-lanceolate. |
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