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Rubus schmidelioides
Also called White Leaved Lawyer
Rubus schmidelioides, commonly called bush lawyer or white leaved lawyer, is a climbing plant species found commonly in New Zealand. The Māori names are tātarāmoa and akatātarāmoa. Typically found in scrub and forest, the plant's hooked branches allow it to climb across the ground and into shrubs and trees. The fruits are yellow to orange.
Rubus schmidelioides var. schmidelioides and its variant var subpauperartus are both endemic to New Zealand and the Chatham islands. It is found mainly in the South Island in eastern Canterbury but can also be found in other areas of the country and on Stewart Island.
Noticing similarities to European wild blackberries, Early European settlers in New Zealand used tātarāmoa berries to create foods such as preserves or jams.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus schmidelioides 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.
