Rubus fagifolius is a Mesoamerican species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in southern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) and Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica).[1][2][3]

Rubus fagifolius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. fagifolius
Binomial name
Rubus fagifolius

Rubus fagifolius is a climbing perennial sometimes reaching 18 meters above the ground. Stems have curved prickles. Leaves are compound with 3 or 5 thick, leathery leaflets. Flowers are white. Fruits are red, the drupelets falling apart separately.[1][4][5]

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  1. ^ a b Rydberg, Per Axel. 1913. North American Flora 22(5): 458
  2. ^ Morales Quirós, J. F. 2014. Rosaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. VII. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 129: 437–463
  3. ^ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
  4. ^ Liebmann, Frederik Michael 1853. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1852(8–10): 154–155 description in Latin, commentary in Danish
  5. ^ Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946. Rosaceae. En: Standley, P.C. & J.A. Steyermark (eds.), Flora of Guatemala - Part IV. Fieldiana, Botany 24(4): 476-477