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Trailing Raspberry

Rubus parvifolius

Also called Japanese Raspberry, Threeleaf Blackberry, Small Leaf Bramble

Trailing Raspberry
Photo: Nadiatalent, Public domain
Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
China to Vietnam, Sakhalin to Temp. E. Asia, E. & SE. Australia
Climate
temperate

About

Rubus parvifolius is a species of bramble native to Asia and Australia. It is commonly called Japanese bramble, Australian raspberry (in the United States), and native raspberry (in Australia).

Where it grows

The species is native to eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam) and Australia. It has also become naturalized in a few scattered locations in the United States.

Uses

The red fruit is pleasantly flavored and can be eaten raw or used in sauces and jams. The dried fruit are used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Other Rubus plants

Bundy Blackberry · Garden dewberry · Thorny dewberry · Windham County Blackberry · Rubus adenophorus · Tropical Highland Blackberry · Peaty dewberry · Alaska blackberry · Allegheny blackberry · Rubus alnifolius · Rubus alpinus · Maine dewberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus parvifolius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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