Japanese name: クマイチゴ（熊苺） Scientific name:Rubus crataegifolius
[Overview]
A deciduous shrub 1–3 m tall, found in logged areas, forest edges, and sunny wasteland.
The stems branch freely and bear many hooked thorns.
The leaves are alternate, broadly ovate, 4–6 cm long, and shallowly to moderately divided into 3–5 lobes.
There are hooked thorns on the veins on the underside of the leaf, and the margin has irregular teeth.
The petiole is 2–5 cm long and has hooked thorns.
Several flowers are borne in clusters in the leaf axils and at the tips of flowering branches that carry 3–5 leaves.
The flowering branches and small flower stalks are densely covered with soft hairs.
The flowers are white and 5-petaled, about 1–1.5 cm across.
The calyx is covered with soft hairs.
The fruit is a spherical aggregate fruit 1 cm across that ripens red and is edible.
