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Rubus coreanus
Also called Korean Blackberry
Korean bramble (bokbunja) is a thorny, shrubby species of Rubus grown mainly for its edible berries, which are often fermented into a Korean fruit wine. It grows 1 to 3 metres tall and is best suited to temperate climates with cold winters.
Rubus coreanus, known as bokbunja (Korean: 복분자), Korean blackberry, or Korean bramble, is a species of raspberry native to Asia.
The species produces edible berries (actually fruit aggregates) that can be fermented into bokbunja ju (Korean: 복분자주), a Korean fruit wine (although the majority of fruit commercially grown for producing this drink are actually R. occidentalis, native to North America). R. coreanus fruits are usually harvested between May and July at peak harvest season. They can only be cultivated in a few areas in Korea, as opposed to R. occidentalis, which can be cultivated widely across the country.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus coreanus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
