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Rubus palmatus,
a deciduous shrub that inhabits sunny forest edges, grows to
approximately 2m in height, lacking hairs but featuring straight
prickles on its stems and branches. Leaves are in an alternate
arrangement, with blades in the shape of a long ovate; some are
cleft in 3-5, some not, and the central leaflets are significantly
longer than the others, tips pointed, and margins double serrated.
Flowers bloom facing downward; petals, 5 in number, are oblong or
long oblong. Fruit, 1-1.5cm across, spherical, matures in
orange-yellow. Bloom time: April. |