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Rubus illecebrosus (strawberry raspberry)

Synonyms: Rubus commersonii var. illecebrosus; Rubus illecebrosus var. yakusimensis (homotypic); Rubus illecebrous; Rubus sorbifolius; Rubus yakusimensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Rubus illecebrosus is a red-fruited species of Rubus that originally came from Japan, but is also very popular in some European countries like Lithuania. Common names include balloon berry and strawberry raspberry. It has become sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in Canada, the United States, and South America.
View Wikipedia Record: Rubus illecebrosus

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [1]  Shrub
Usage [1]  A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit; A good ground cover plant for a sunny position or light shade; It spreads freely once established, but dies down over the winter and thus can allow other species to invade;
Height [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [1]  39 inches (1 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Rubus illecebrosus

Predators

Byturus tomentosus (Raspberry beetle)[3]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Bombus diversus[4]
Bombus honshuensis[4]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
4Kato, M., T. Makutani, T. Inoue, and T. Itino. 1990. Insect-flower relationship in the primary beech forest of Ashu, Kyoto: an overview of the flowering phenology and seasonal pattern of insect visits. Contr. Biol. Lab. Kyoto Univ. 27:309-375.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0