Rubus xanthocarpus
| Rubus xanthocarpus | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 6 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 0.3' |
| Width: | 3' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Rubus xanthocarpus
Propagation: Seed - requires stratification and is best sown in early autumn in a cold frame. Stored seed requires one month stratification at about 3°c and is best sown as early as possible in the year. Prick out the seedlings when they are large enough to handle and grow on in a cold frame. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring of the following year.
Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July/August in a frame[1].
Tip layering in July. Plant out in autumn.
Division in early spring or just before leaf-fall in the autumn[1].
Cultivation: Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade[2][3][1].
Occasionally cultivated for its yellow fruits[3].
Range: E. Asia - W. China.
Habitat: Stony places[4]. Roadsides, slopes, forests and rocky ravines at elevations of 600 - 3200 metres in Anhui, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces[5].
Edibility: Fruit - raw or cooked[3][6][7][5]. It is also used for making jams, jelly and wine[5]. Raspberry flavoured[2]. The orange-yellow fruit is about 15mm in diameter[1].
Medicinal: The entire young plant is used in medicine[5]. No more details are given.
Usage: A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit[8].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Seed Ripens: Mid Summer
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bean, William. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Murray, 1981.
- ↑ Wilson, Ernest and Charles Sargent. Plantae Wilsonianae.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Flora of China. 1994.
- ↑ Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Grae, Ida. Nature's Colors. MacMillan Publishing, 1974.