Rubus rolfei (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Rubus rolfei Vidal

Family: Rosaceae

Synonyms

• Rubus elmeri Focke.

Vernacular names

• Philippines: bunut, polnit (Bontok), subit (Igorot).

Distribution

Taiwan, the Philippines (Luzon, Negros, Mindoro).

Uses

The fruits are edible, sweet.

Observations

• Sprawling shrub with prostrate long shoots up to several m long, spines few.
• Leaves simple.
• Flowers white.
• Collective fruit globular, ca. 1 cm in diameter, with persistent spreading sepals, yellow-orange (and pinkish-red?).

In forests and clearings at altitudes between 1500-2700 m.

Selected sources

• Brown, W.H., 1951-1957. Useful plants of the Philippines. Reprint of the 1941-1943 ed. 3 Volumes. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Technical Bulletin 10. Bureau of Printing, Manila, the Philippines.

• Kalkman, C., 1984. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 2. The subgenus Malachobatus. Blumea 29: 319-386.

Authors

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen