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Korean Raspberry

Rubus crataegifolius

Also called Hawthorn Leaved Bramble

Korean Raspberry
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0

Korean raspberry is a thorny shrub from East Asia that bears edible red-black raspberry-like fruit. It grows best in moist but well-drained soil in partial shade to sun, much like a wild bramble.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, fertile soil or loam.
Temperature
Hardy to around -25 °C; protect young plants from late frosts.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
S. Siberia to Korea, Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Rubus crataegifolius, also called Korean raspberry (Korean: 산딸기), is a species of raspberry native to East Asia.

Where it grows

The species is native to East Asia. It grows on forest margins and mountain slopes, in areas with moist and well-drained soil.

Uses

Its fruit is used for food and is sometimes cultivated; the cultivar 'Jingu Jengal' has been selected for its large fruit. Root extracts have been found to contain substances with anti-inflammatory effects in mice.

Other Rubus plants

Garden dewberry · Allegheny blackberry · Arctic blackberry · Giant Blackberry · Rubus biflorus · Dewberry · Cloudberry · White Stemmed Bramble · Korean Bramble · Rubus coriaceus · Holy Bramble · Delicious raspberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus crataegifolius 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.

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