Rubus crataegifolius
Rubus crataegifolius
Synonyms: Rubus japonicus, Rubus crataegifolius f. makinoensis, Rubus crataegifolius f. itoensis, Rubus moluccanus var. davidianus, Rubus crataegifolius f. inermis, Rubus corchorifolius var. crataegifolius, Rubus takesimensis, Rubus crataegifolius var. inermis, Rubus corchorifolius var. wrightii, Rubus crataegifolius var. horridus, Rubus savatieri, Rubus crataegifolius f. flavescens, Rubus crataegifolius f. eucrataegifolius, Rubus japonicus var. tricolor, Rubus wrightii, Rubus hakonensis var. davidianus, Rubus crataegifolius f. subcuneatus, Rubus wrightii var. ampellophyllus, Rubus crataegifolius var. morifolius, Rubus crataegifolius f. minor, Rubus morifolius, Rubus crataegifolius f. tricolor, Rubus japonicus tricolor, Rubus ouensanensis, Rubus crataegifolius var. wrightii, Rubus wrightii var. makinoensis, Rubus minor, Rubus wrightii var. itoensis, Rubus crataegifolius var. subcuneatus, Rubus wrightii subvar. pubescens, Rubus wrightii var. ouensanensis, Rubus wrightii var. morifolius, Rubus ampelophyllus, Rubus makinoensis, Rubus wrightii var. inermis, Rubus asamensis, Rubus itoensis, Rubus crataegifolius f. morifolius, Rubus crataegifolius f. xanthocarpus, Rubus davidianus
Botanical Description
Rubus crataegifolius, the Korean raspberry or hawthorn-leaved raspberry, is a deciduous shrub in the rose family (Rosaceae) native to East Asia, where it grows on forest margins, mountain slopes, and in scrub on moist, well-drained soils across Korea, Japan, northeastern China, and the Russian Far East. Plants form thickets of erect to arching, sparsely prickly canes 1 to 2 meters tall, occasionally to 3 meters. The leaves are alternate, simple, broadly ovate to nearly round in outline, 5 to 12 centimeters long and 5 to 8 centimeters wide, palmately three- or five-lobed in a manner reminiscent of a hawthorn leaf - hence the specific epithet crataegifolius - with sharply serrate margins, a cordate base, and softly pubescent veins beneath. Small white flowers, 1 to 1.5 centimeters across with five rounded petals and many stamens, are borne singly or in short few-flowered cymes in late spring. The fruit is an aggregate of numerous small bright red drupelets, ripening to dark red and falling free from the receptacle when mature, with a sweet, agreeable flavour. In cultivation the Korean selection 'Jingu Jengal' has been bred for superior fruit size.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
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