Rubus ellipticus Sm., Cycl. 30: Rubus No. 16 Rubus No. 16 1819. (Syn. Rubus affinis Madden ex Hook. fil. (ambiguous synonym); Rubus ellipticus var. denudatus Hook. fil.; Rubus flavus Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don; Rubus gowreephul Roxb.; Rubus hirtus Roxb. (ambiguous synonym); Rubus paniculatus Moon (ambiguous synonym); Rubus rotundifolius Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Rubus sessilifolius Miq. ex Hook. fil.; Rubus wallichianus Wight & Arn. (ambiguous synonym)) as per Catalogue of Life;
China (Sichuan, Yunnan), S-Tibet, N-India (Kumaon, Assam, etc.), S-India
(Nilgiri Hills), Indonesia (I), Laos, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Mandalay, Sagaing), Nepal, Pakistan (Swat, Hazara, Murree), Philippines (Luzon), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Assam, Java (I), Australia (I) (Queensland (I), New South Wales (I)), Costa Rica (I), Jamaica (I), Ecuador (I), trop. Africa (I) as per Catalogue of Life; ROO-bus — red; also the Latin name for brambles … Dave’s Botanary
ee-LIP-tih-kus — elliptical, about twice as long as wide … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: cheeseberry, yellow Himalayan raspberry • Assamese: জেটুলিপকা jetulipoka • Hindi: अंकरी ankri, हिसालू hisalu, लाल आंचू lal anchu • Kashmiri: गौरीफल् gouriphal • Malayalam: കാട്ടുമുന്തിരി kattumunthiri • Manipuri: হৈজামপেত heijampet • Marathi: लाल आंचू lal anchu • Mizo: hmu nu, hmu tau • Nepali: ऐंसेलु ainselu • Punjabi: ਉਨਸਰੀ unsri A strong clambering evergreen shrub strongly prickly mixed with brownish bristles; leaflets 3, ovate to elliptic, obtose to short-acute, gray-tomentose beneath, slightly wrinkled above; flowers white in panicles, fruit yellow.
Rubus ellipticus from Shimla : 5 images.
Rubus ellipticus
Yes …, good catch
Rosaceae Week : Rubus ellipticus from Shimla: Rubus ellipticus
From Shimla
Rubus for ID 290411MK2: Please help to id this stragler found in the forests of Nilgiris. I also recorded this in forest patches of Kodaikanal. Is this any Rubus species?
Date/Time- 10-04-2011 / 09:00 AM
Location- Place, Altitude, GPca.2000asl; Kotagiri, TN Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- forest edges [weed] Plant Habit-thorny straggler Height/Length- 1 – 2 m long Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- ca.15 x 8 cm; 3-foliolate Inflorescence Type/ Size- c. 15cm long; racemes Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- yellow; c. 2.5 cm across I have not noticed any fruits in this plant .. and yes the fruits are edible (local people consume) This plant is Rubus ellipticus Smith of Rosaceae. I have a question for … or any body that may know:
I may not not know that, but growing very commonly in California is a species of Rubus which is commonly known as Himalayan blackberry commonly sold in stores as blackberry and favourite of Americans for its large nearly 2-2.5 cm size fruits, relished as much as strawberry. This was earlier named as Rubus procerus or R. fruticosus, believed to have been introduced from India. Recently it has been correctly identified to be an Armenian species R. armeniacus (syn: R. procerus auct (non Muell.) Focke and now also goes under the name of Armenian blackberry, but name himalayan blackberry sticks.
Incidently the R.fruticosus growing in Kashmir and some other parts of Himalayas is also a distinct species R. ulmifolius.
yes the himalayan blackberry is known in the northeastern states simply as black raspberry… starts as red and turns black as it ripens….quite sweet when ripest… there are several patches where they grow naturally, we try to keep them a secret along our walking paths in the wilderness, so that we may occasionally enjoy a sweet snack if hungry on the trail… And they were originally introduced in California to keep off the animals and intruders from orchards and farmland, usually used as fences because of their strong sharp prickles. Rosceae week_Rubus ellipticus_RKC05_03102011: Rubus ellipticus for you.
Loc.: Mariyang, Upper Siang district (ca 750msl), Arunachal Pradesh
Date: April, 2007. Yes …. Our Common Himilayas species
Rubus ellipticus
Family: Rosaceae Loc.: Mariyang, Upper Siang distt., Arunachal Pradesh (ca 1250m) Uses: Fruits are edible. – Yes common in Western Himalayas also – and very tasty….. You can call it as lesser know edible fruits of India. Fl. Arunachal_Rubus ellipticus_RKC08_27102012: Rubus ellipticus Sm. Rosaceae
Loc.: Mariyang, Upper Siang distt., Arunachal Pradesh
Date: April, 2007
Rosaceae Week : Rubus ellipticus : Sri Lanka : 081011 : AK-2: Can you please confirm if this is the flower of Yellow Himalayan Raspberry or Rubus ellipticus? rubus ellipticus: rubus ellipticus, from the rosaceae family second week of march
I think yes, pl mention the place.
this was growing near chakki mor in Himachal Pradesh Attachments (5). 3 posts by 2 authors.
Requesting to please ID this plant captured in a cultivated garden in Ooty, Tamil Nadu in November 2013.
Rubus ellipticus (Rosaceae).
Rubus ellipticus –04022014-PKA8 : Attachments (5). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Saw this climbing Shrub en-route Mullayangiri peak (Karnataka).
Family: Rosaceae Bot. name: Rubus ellipticus
Date/Time: 25-01-2014 / 10:55AM
Habitat: Wild Very good find of wild rose. Eravikulam National Park :: Rubus ellipticus :: DV08JUL : 1 post by 1 author. 6 images. Eravikulam National Park
Date: June 4, 2014 … Base elevation: 2000m asl
Rubus ellipticus Sm. … (family: Rosaceae)
via Species > R > Rubus ellipticus Sm. … family: Rosaceae
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ROO-bus — red; also the Latin name for brambles … Dave’s Botanary ee-LIP-tih-kus — elliptical, about twice as long as wide … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: cheeseberry, yellow Himalayan raspberry • Assamese: জেটুলিপকা jetulipoka • Hindi: अंकरी ankri, हिसालू hisalu, लाल आंचू lal anchu • Kashmiri: गौरीफल् gouriphal • Malayalam: കാട്ടുമുന്തിരി kattumunthiri • Manipuri: হৈজামপেত heijampet • Marathi: लाल आंचू lal anchu • Mizo: hmu nu, hmu tau • Nepali: ऐंसेलु ainselu • Punjabi: ਉਨਸਰੀ unsri botanical names: Rubus ellipticus Sm. … synonyms: Rubus ellipticus var. obcordatus (Franch.) Focke • Rubus flavus Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don • Rubus gowreephul Roxb. … NPGS / GRIN Plant for id : (mixed thread): 2 correct images as above. Attachments (2)
Please identify this plant
North Sikkim near Lyngzya waterfalls, April – 2015 Rubus ellipticus
nice. yellow fruited rubus with a hairy capsule
Rubus ellipticus Sm.
at Ooty on November 16, 2011
Nice pictures! We used to collect its fruits daily in summer in my hometown Karan Prayag (Chamoli). These are really delicious when ripe but the harvest was only after many scratches on skin; curved spines only to blame.
Thank you very much … for the appreciation and experiences.
Yes. The sight of this plant’s armed nature made me capture a few pictures. Just no escaping from getting scraped by those fierce spines !!
Rosaceae Fortnight :: Rubus ellipticus :: Eravikulam National Park :: DVSEP19 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 9 images.
Rubus ellipticus Sm.
at Eravikulam National Park on June 4, 2014 Yes, these images belong to Rubus ellipticus, but one of your above image shows purple coloured flowers (matured flower buds), usually corolla white; but one population showed purple corolla, an interesting! Many thanks … for validating the ID. Indeed my mistake in labeling that particular image as R. ellipticus. I will check and correct it in my flickr notes.
Rosaceae Fortnight : Rubus ellipticus : Sri Lanka : 07SEP15 : AK-15 : 15/17 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Rosaceae Fortnight- Rubus ellipticus from Himachal-GSG26/Sept 2015 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Rubus ellipticus. Locally called ‘Ankhen’,
fruits are relished by one and all.
Rosaceae Fortnight: Rubus ellipticus from Kud J & K-GSSEP94/94 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Rubus ellipticus Smith
A strong clambering evergreen shrub strongly prickly mixed with brownish bristles; leaflets 3, ovate to elliptic, obtose to short-acute, gray-tomentose beneath, slightly wrinkled above; flowers white in panicles, fruit yellow.
Common in subtropical Himalayas. Photographed from Kud in J & K and Mussoorie Chakrata road
Rosaceae Week: Rubus ellipticus from Kud J & K and from Mussoorie Chakrata Road: Rubus ellipticus Smith
A strong clambering evergreen shrub strongly prickly mixed with brownish bristles; leaflets 3, ovate to elliptic, obtose to short-acute, gray-tomentose beneath, slightly wrinkled above; flowers white in panicles, fruit yellow.
Common in subtropical Himalayas. Photographed from Kud in J & K and Mussoorie Chakrata road
We also use these to make a delicious Jam in our women’s vocational training unit… 🙂
Rosaceae Fortnight: Rubus ellipticus from Mussoorie Chakrata Road-GSSEP95/95 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Rubus ellipticus Smith
A strong clambering evergreen shrub strongly prickly mixed with brownish bristles; leaflets 3, ovate to elliptic, obtose to short-acute, gray-tomentose beneath, slightly wrinkled above; flowers white in panicles, fruit yellow.
Common in subtropical Himalayas. Photographed from Mussoorie Chakrata road
Rubus ellipticus (Rosaceae) from Uttarakhand: May 2016_DSR_4/4 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) In my recent visit to Karan Prayag (Chamoli) I was able to enjoy fruits of this plant Rubus ellipticus (Rosaceae). It reminded the childhood days when collecting these fruits was a routine in every morning in summers.
Superb photography, …, along with nice details. I think Rubus ellipticus and Pyracantha crenulata are the most preferred wild fruits of Rosaceae, especially in Himalayan Hills. Wild Fruits from Shimla ATJUNE2016/33 : 3 posts by 2 authors. No images as attachments.
Wild Fruits from Shimla From my BLOG
http://anilkthakur.blogspot.in/ Thanks, …, for the beautiful blog. Tried three of them in May & June’16.
…, I have relished all.
Rubus ellipticus Smith (accepted name) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
Location: Chautara, Nepal
Altitude: 4700 ft.
Date: FEB/MAR
Re: Rubus species 2 from Kalimpong : 4 posts by 3 authors. 3 images.
Please identify this
Rubus ellepticus !
Rosaceae Week:: Rubus ellipticus from Shimla (NSJ-03) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Rubus ellipticus from Shimla, Photo taken in Dec 2007
Very nice, a common shrub with tasty berries ..!! Rubus ellipticus ???? from Shimla, Photo taken in Dec 2007
Yes … very common in Shimla Rubus ellipticus/ABDEC16 : 5 posts by 4 authors.
I saw the first flowers on this Yellow Himalayan Raspberry bush today. It flowers and bears fruit in winter. My son, when he was home, was very fond of the juicy yellow berries. I will file more once it fruits.
Yellow Himalayan Raspberry–Rubus ellipticus
Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP
6 December 2014
yes photograph them before you eat em up!!! 🙂
nice to see the close up of the center of the flower Yes, common in Western Himalayas Excellent photographs
Nice pics and related experience
Nice to see the fruits
and what a treat it is , melts in the mouth fruits… thanks … for following up
It is a common species in Sikkim. Discussing Names of Plants in India :: Gujarati name of Rubus ellipticus : 3 posts by 2 authors.
the name for Rubus ellipticus Sm. is “shunu mukram“. This name is found mentioned in many sites, however seems quite challenging to find the name in native script through Gujarati lexicons. Perhaps some typo.
Please help; will be glad to get the name in native script.
Colloquially, raspberries are usually called as such in Gujarati, variously transliterated as રાઝબરી, રાસ્પબરી, રાસ્પબેરી etc. In fact, Gauriphal / ગૌરીફળ has been included in modern-day Gujarati lexicons to refer to some Rubus spp.
I’m clueless about this “shunu mukram”. Equally puzzling is Rubus moluccanus; in some web sites, the Gujarati (?) name of this species has been mentioned as “shumukan khasheba“! I doubt if these are the Gujarati names of these plants.
Thanks very much … for this clarification. Me too had a feeling that these words “shunu mukram” do not belong to Gujarati. Perhaps some words of foreign language mixed inadvertently, and must have got copy-pasted in several sites. I am not sure whether this wild-growing high altitude plant is found distributed in Gujarat. I will therefore not put any name for Gujarati at present.
Thank you once again. This name was thoroughly intriguing!
I am happy to say that the mystery of this name “shunu mukram” is finally resolved! The correct name is Shumu-mukram or Shumu-mukhram in Kachari language in Assam. The reference is Flora of Assam, vol 2, by UN Kanjilal, PC Kanjilal and A Das, page 196. I am attaching the relevant portion. The reference is available for free download here: Attachments (1)
Thank you very much … for shedding light on this query, and for all the clarification and information. !!! Thanks for nice words too. All this is due to your motivation.
Re: Rubus No 1 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)
Senapati Manipur
Kindly confirm the species
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