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Rubus creticus
Rubus creticus, the Holy Bramble, is a scrambling, thorny shrub related to blackberries and raspberries, native from the eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia and the western Himalaya. Grow it as a hardy, sun-loving bramble that needs space and support.
Rubus creticus is a species of scrambling shrub in the family Rosaceae with a native range extending from the eastern mediterranean towards Turkmenistan and the western Himalaya.
3,6-Di-O-caffeoylglucose, 1-O-caffeoylxylose and 2,3-O-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-4,6-O-sanguisorboyl-(α/β)-glucose (an ellagitannin constituted with sanguisorbic acid), are found in R. ulmifolius subsp. sanctus.
It is native to Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Eastern Aegean Islands, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Crete, Crimea, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, the North Caucasus, the North-Western Balkans, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, the Sinai, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, and the Western Himalayas.
Garden dewberry · Allegheny blackberry · Arctic blackberry · Giant Blackberry · Rubus biflorus · Dewberry · Cloudberry · White Stemmed Bramble · Korean Bramble · Rubus coriaceus · Korean Raspberry · Delicious raspberry
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus creticus 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.
