Japanese name: ゴショイチゴ（御所苺） Scientific name:Rubus chingii
[Overview]
A deciduous shrub about 2 m tall, growing in sunny cleared areas and in bright woodland.
The stems are hairless, with sparse hooked thorns.
The leaves are simple and alternate, 5–10 cm wide, deeply 5–7-lobed, with a heart-shaped base.
The lobes are narrow at the base and pointed at the tip, with sharp double serrations on the margin.
There are hairs on the veins on both sides of the leaf.
The petiole is 2–6 cm long and has narrow stipules.
On flowering branches 4–10 cm long bearing 2–4 sparse leaves, 1–4 flowers hang downward.
The flowers are white and five-petaled, about 3 cm across, and the petals are rhombic-ovate.
The fruit is a spherical aggregate fruit 1–1.5 cm across and ripens red.
