Family | Rosaceae |
Scientific name | Rubus sachalinensis H. Léveillé |
Synonyms | Rubus idaeus L. subsp. melanolasius Focke; Rubus idaeus L. subsp. sachalinensis (H. Léveillé) Focke; Rubus idaeus L. var. aculeatissimus Regel & Tiling; Rubus idaeus L. var. matsumuranus (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) Koidzumi; Rubus idaeus L. var. microphyllus Turczaninow; Rubus idaeus L. var. strigosus Maximowicz; Rubus matsumuranus H. Léveillé & Vaniot; Rubus melanolasius Focke var. discolor Komarov |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ezo-ichigo [Ezo berry (Ezo = an old name of Hokkaido)] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido Honshu (northern area) |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia, Europe | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
Description | Leaves 3 - 5 foliolate, leaflets each 4-7cm long. Flowers 5 white petals each 5mm, flowering in June to July. Fruits red 1-1.5cm. Deciduous. Shrub. |
Reference | Rubus sachalinensis H. Léveillé |
Rubus sachalinensis H. Lév. | |
Compositon containing medicinal herbs and young antlers of cornu cervi (US Patent 6444236/2002) | |
A method for controlling coniferous plants (WIPO Patent WO/2006/005490) | |
Health food composition for protecting liver (Japanese Patent JP3502072/2003) | |
Note | Photos below are those of plants which were cultivated by Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden and displayed as Rubus idaeus var. aculeatissimus. Japanses authoers have described that Backside of leaf of Rubus idaeus var. aculeatissimus is white. |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |