Rubus illecebrosus var. illecebrosus("Baraichigo")
Japanese name: バライチゴ（薔薇苺） Scientific name:Rubus illecebrosus var. illecebrosus
[Overview]
A small deciduous shrub 10–60 cm tall, found at the edges of deciduous forests and similar places.
It has long, horizontally extending underground stems.
The stems have downward-pointing hooked thorns.
The leaves are alternate and odd-pinnately compound, consisting of 3–7 leaflets.
The leaflets are lanceolate, 3–8 cm long and 1–2 cm wide, with doubly serrate margins.
The petiole sparsely bears thorns.
A corymb at the branch tip bears one to several white 5-petaled flowers 2.5–4 cm across.
The flower stalk is 1.5–2 cm long and sparsely bears thorns.
The fruit is a spherical to elliptical aggregate fruit that ripens red and is edible.
