Rubus illecebrosus

Rubus illecebrosus
	Fruit in Lithuania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Rubus
Subgenus:	Idaeobatus
Species:	R. illecebrosus
Binomial name
	Rubus illecebrosus; Focke 1899
Synonyms
	Rubus commersonii var. illecebrosus (Focke) Makino; Rubus sorbifolius hort. ex Wittm.; Rubus tokinibara (H.Hara) Naruh.;

Rubus illecebrosus is a red-fruited species of Rubus that originally came from Japan (where is it called バライチゴ, roseberry), but is also very popular in some European countries like Lithuania. Common names include balloon berry^[2] and strawberry raspberry.^[3] It has become sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in Canada, the United States, and South America.^[4]^[5]

Rubus illecebrosus is a thorny shrub up to 150 cm (5 ft) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound. Flowers are produced either one at a time or in clumps of 2–3, each with 5 petals up to 18 mm (23⁄32 in) long (longer than those of most related species). Fruits are also unusually large for the genus, each oblong, red, up to 2 cm (3⁄4 in) long with 50–100 drupelets.^[6]

References

^ "Rubus illecebrosus". Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
^ Fruitipedia, balloon berry, (Rubus illecebrosus) includes photos
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rubus illecebrosus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
^ "Rubus illecebrosus". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
^ Alice, Lawrence A.; Goldman, Douglas H.; Macklin, James A.; Moore, Gerry (2014). "Rubus illecebrosus". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 9. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

External links

Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society

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[1] "Rubus illecebrosus". Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online

[2] Fruitipedia, balloon berry, (Rubus illecebrosus) includes photos

[3] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rubus illecebrosus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[4] "Rubus illecebrosus". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.

[5] Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas

[6] Alice, Lawrence A.; Goldman, Douglas H.; Macklin, James A.; Moore, Gerry (2014). "Rubus illecebrosus". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 9. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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