Rubus rosifolius

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Rubus rosifolius Sm., Plantarum icones hactenus ineditae; 1789 pl.60 1791. (syn: Rubus apoensis Elmer; Rubus chinensis Ser.; Rubus comintanus Blanco; Rubus dosedlae A. Gilli; Rubus eglanteria Tratt.; Rubus glandulosopunctatus Hayata; Rubus hirsutus var. glabellus (Focke) Wuzhi; Rubus hopingensis Liu & Lu; Rubus jamaicensis Blanco; Rubus javanicus Bl.; Rubus mingendensis A. Gilli; Rubus paniculatus C. B. Clarke; Rubus parvirosifolius Hayata; Rubus rosifolius Stokes (ambiguous synonym); Rubus rosifolius subsp. sumatranus Focke; Rubus sikkimensis Kuntze ex Hook. fil.; Rubus sinensis Hort. ex Ser.; Rubus tagallus Cham. & Schltdl.; Rubus taiwanianus Matsum.; Rubus thunbergii var. glabellus Focke);

China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Cambodia, NE-India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Negros, Mindanao), Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal, South Africa (I), Jamaica (I), Puerto Rico (I), Nicaragua (I), Cuba (I), Dominican Republic (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (St. Kitts (I), Montserrat (I), Guadeloupe (I), Dominica (I), Martinique (I), St. Lucia (I), St. Vincent (I), Grenada (I)), Trinidad (I), Brazil (I), Venezuela (I), Mexico (I), New Caledonia (I), Madagascar (I), Costa Rica (I), Colombia (I), Australia (I) (Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), Peru (I), Argentina (I), Guatemala (I), El Salvador (I), Bolivia (I), Nicaragua (I), Panama (I), Seychelles (I), Austral Isl. (I) (Rapa Iti (I)), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I), Moorea (I), Raiatea (I)), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Rodrigues (I), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I), Maui (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) (I), Cameroon (I), Principe Isl. (I), Sao Tome (I) as per Catalogue of Life;

[Cambodia, China, NE India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa, Australia] as per Flora of China;

Rubus rosifolius, (sometimes spelled Rubus rosaefolius), also known as roseleaf bramble, West Indian raspberry, thimbleberry and ola'a is a prickly subshrub native to rainforest and tall open forest of the Himalayas, East Asia, and eastern Australia.^[3] It is also found abundantly in the Brazilian states Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and to the south as far as Rio Grande do Sul.^[4] The plant can also be found in a lot of San Francisco neighborhoods.

Rose-leaf bramble leaves are compound with toothed margins, with glandular-hairs on both sides of leaflets. Flowers are white in panicles or solitary.^[5] Edible fruit are 2 cm long.

Leaves stay green and fruits ripen in early autumn in Eastern Australia.

Although R. rosifolius is rarely cultivated, the plant has several uses. The fruit is sweet and pleasant flavoured when grown with good soil moisture. The fruit is also sold at markets in the Himalayas.^[6] The leaf is used as a medicinal herbal tea for treating diarrhoea, menstrual pains, morning sickness and labour pains.^[7] The leaf contains essential oils.^[8]