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Rubus phoenicolasius


 
 

Rubus phoenicolasius (Japanese Wineberry or Wineberry) is a species of raspberryRaspberry

The Raspberry or Red Raspberry is a plant that produces a tart, sweet, red composite fruit in summer or early autumn....
 (RubusRubus

Rubus is a genus of plant in the Family Rosaceae, Subfamily Rosoideae....
subgenus IdaeobatusRubus

Rubus is a genus of plant in the Family Rosaceae, Subfamily Rosoideae....
) native to northern ChinaChina

China is a cultural region and ancient civilization in East Asia....
, JapanJapan Overview

is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea, and Russia, stretching from...
, and KoreaFacts About Korea

KoreaOne of the world's oldest civilizations, Korea began with the founding of Gojoseon in 2333 BC, according to the Dangun...
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It is a perennial plantFacts About Perennial plant

A perennial plant or perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years....
 which bears biennialBiennial plant

A biennial plant is a flowering plant that takes between twelve and twenty-four months to complete its lifecycle....
 stems ("canes") from the perennial root system. In its first year, a new stem grows vigorously to its full height of 1-3 m, unbranched, and bearing large pinnate leavesLeaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis....
 with three or five leaflets; normally it does not produce any flowers. In its second year, the stem does not grow taller, but produces several side shoots, which bear smaller leaves always with three leaflets; the leaves are white underneath. The flowerFlower

A flower,rflorem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found i...
s are produced in late spring on short, very bristly racemeRaceme

A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers h...
s on the tips of these side shoots, each flower 6–10 mm diameter with five purplish red to pink petalPetal

A petal, regarded as a highly modified leaf, is one member or part of the corolla of a flower....
s and a bristly calyx. The fruitFruit

The term fruit has different meanings depending on context....
 is orange or red, about 1 cm diameter, edible, produced in summer or early autumn; in botanicalBotany

Botany is the scientific study of plantlife....
 terminology, it is not a berryBerry

In botany, the berry is the most common type of simple fleshy fruit; a fruit in which the entire ovary wall ripens into an e...
 at all, but an aggregate fruitFruit

The term fruit has different meanings depending on context....
 of numerous drupeDrupe

In botany, a drupe is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a shell of hardened endocarp with a seed ins...
lets around a central core. Ripening occurs from early summer. The canes have fine, red thorns, which appear much like red hair.

In addition to seed propagation, new plants are formed from the tips of existing canes touching the ground. They enjoy moist soil and grow near and within wooded areas.

Cultivation and uses

The species was introduced to EuropeEurope

Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth....
 and North AmericaNorth America Summary

North America is a continent in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost fully in the western hemisphere....
 as an ornamental plantOrnamental plant Summary

An ornamental plant is a plant that is grown for its ornamental qualities, rather than for its commercial or other value....
 and for its potential in breeding hybrid raspberries. It has subsequently escaped from cultivation and become naturalisedNaturalisation (biology)

In biology, naturalisation is the process when foreign or cultivated plants or animals have spread into the wild, where they...
 and sometimes invasiveFacts About Invasive species

The term invasive species refers to a subset of those species defined as introduced species or non-indigenous species....
 in parts of Europe and eastern North America.

They are also called Wine raspberries. "WineberryWineberry (New Zealand)

Wineberry is a tree endemic to New Zealand....
" is also the common name of a tree endemicEndemic (ecology)

In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or introduced....
 to New ZealandNew Zealand

New Zealand is a country in the south-western Pacific Ocean consisting of two large islands and many much smaller islands, m...
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