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Rubus rosifolius

Sm. (1791)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Genus: Rubus

Mauritius raspberry, ōlaʻa [olaa], thimbleberry

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs or subshrubs.

Stems: Stems erect, arching, or trailing, 10–20 dm long, moderately to sparsely pilose, sparsely covered with recurved prickles 1–4 mm long with elongate bases.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound (pinnate). Alternate. Blades broadly lanceolate, 1.5–8 cm long, (0.6–)1–3 cm wide, terminal leaves slightly larger. leaflets 7 or sometimes only 5 in upper leaves. Surfaces of terminal leaves sparsely pilose to glabrate and also sometimes glandular–dotted. Margins doubly serrate. Petiolate; petiolules 0.1–0.3 cm long, rachis, petiolules, and petioles pilose, rachis and petioles also usually covered with small recurved prickles. Stipules filiform, 0.6–0.8 cm long.

Flowers: Flowers solitary or sometimes 2– 3, terminal or axillary. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx of 5 persistent sepals; Sepals lanceolate, 8–15 mm long, both surfaces finely tomentose, apex long–attenuate. Corolla of 5 petals, petals white, obovate, 10–20 mm long. Stamens numerous. Ovary superior, carpels usually numerous, inserted on the raised receptacle, 1-celled; ovules 2 per cell; style filiform, subterminal, persistent.

Fruit: Fruit red at maturity; subglobose; 2–3.5 cm long; easily deciduous from the receptacle. Seeds 1 per drupelet.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Disturbed mesic to wet forest.

Elevation Range: 60–1,730 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Birds

Vegetative Reproduction

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Pl. Icon. Ined. 3: t. 60 (1791)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1110 (K, O, Mo, L, M, H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Rubus rosifolius Kapilimao Lowland mesic forest UNKNOWN C. R. Annable Hawaii HAPI 9/25/1996
2 Rubus rosifolius Koolau Range, 47-285 Pulama Rd., Kaneohe, Senator Fong's Plantation and Garden UNKNOWN PI 641303 Oahu HAPI 3/22/2004
3 Rubus rosifolius 96792, Waianae, HI, US Wet montane forest UNKNOWN C. R. Annable Hawaii HAPI 1/14/1998
4 Rubus rosifolius Kapilimao Lowland mesic forest UNKNOWN C. R. Annable Hawaii HAPI 9/25/1996
5 Rubus rosifolius Koolau Range, 47-285 Pulama Rd., Kaneohe, Senator Fong's Plantation and Garden UNKNOWN PI 641303 Oahu HAPI 3/22/2004
6 Rubus rosifolius 96792, Waianae, HI, US Wet montane forest UNKNOWN C. R. Annable Hawaii HAPI 1/14/1998
7 Rubus rosifolius Kapilimao Lowland mesic forest UNKNOWN C. R. Annable Hawaii HAPI 9/25/1996
8 Rubus rosifolius Koolau Range, 47-285 Pulama Rd., Kaneohe, Senator Fong's Plantation and Garden UNKNOWN PI 641303 Oahu HAPI 3/22/2004
9 Rubus rosifolius 96792, Waianae, HI, US Wet montane forest UNKNOWN C. R. Annable Hawaii HAPI 1/14/1998
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