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Those don't really look like raspberries. Do you know the species name of this fruit?
I see them along upland rainforest roadsides usually above 800m and they struggle in the lowlands.The can form 3 ft or more domes and intertwine in classic berry style.. They are a bit different on each mountain range with the Mt Lewis ones being large fruited.The taste is inferior to commercial raspberries being quite bland. In the rainforest lowlands Rubus mollucensis is a huge scrambling raspberry with angry prickles. It's fruit are quite sweet and of reasonable size but the hairs between the fruitlets get in the way.
Quote from: CGameProgrammer on June 13, 2015, 04:50:05 AMThose don't really look like raspberries. Do you know the species name of this fruit?It looks like what we call here thimble berries. The ones we have here growing wild are Rubus rosifolius. I find them to be pretty tasteless.
Quote from: fruitlovers on June 13, 2015, 05:50:31 AMQuote from: CGameProgrammer on June 13, 2015, 04:50:05 AMThose don't really look like raspberries. Do you know the species name of this fruit?It looks like what we call here thimble berries. The ones we have here growing wild are Rubus rosifolius. I find them to be pretty tasteless.Not thimble berry, that's rubus parviflorus. Wouldn't have thought they'd grow on Hawaii, surprising.I do actually quite like the Atherton, more than regular raspberries.
how is it that mangoes are only M. indica despite having other mangifera species, yet many different rubus can be called raspberries?
Hi starling. Under what conditions are you growing these? I kept my Rosifolius in a shady, heavy clay hillside, often dry. Got two flowers, no fruit (last year). I water occasionally, and cut down some trees for sun a few weeks ago, and I’m still waiting on fruit.