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Rubus moluccanus
Also called Wild Blackberry, Wild Raspberry, Molucca Bramble, Broad Leaf Bramble, Common Queensland Bramble, Molucca Raspberry
In Singapore: Tempu Rengat, Broad-Leaf Bramble, Malayan bramble, Akar kupur, Duri berumbet (Native to Singapore, Vulnerable)
Rubus moluccanus, the Molucca bramble, is a scrambling shrub or climber from wet tropical and subtropical forests across Asia, Malesia and eastern Australia, grown for its edible red berries. It grows best with moist soil, partial shade and humid conditions.
Rubus moluccanus, the Molucca bramble or broad-leaf bramble, is a species of bramble.
The species is native to moist eucalyptus forest and rainforest of eastern Australia, distributed from Queensland to Victoria, and to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Caroline Islands.
The fruit is edible without cooking, and is used commercially to a limited extent in jams and sauces. It is used in traditional health care practices.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus moluccanus 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.
