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Rubus Caesius
English - European Dewberry
Spanish - Zarza Pajarera
Estonian - Põldmari
Portuguese - Amora
Albanian - Manaferrë
Turkish - Böğürtlen
Catalan - esbarzer
Dewberry is a species of flowering
plant in the rose family, related to
the blackberry. It is widely
distributed across much of Europe
and Asia from Ireland and
Portugal as far east as Xinjiang
Province in western China. It has
also become sparingly naturalized
in scattered locations in
Argentina, Canada, and the
United States.
Leaves
Flowers
The petals are white, there are five (5) detached
petals. The petals are bell shaped. The
inflorescence is a loose clustre of several white
flowers.
The leaf division is palmate in shape and the leaf
is with petiole. The leaf texture is hairy abouve
and below. The leaf arrangment on the stem is
opposite, but at the ends of the stem there is an
extra leaf. The leaf vein pattern is a pinnate vein
pattern. The leaf shape base is round. The leaf
shape overall is oval with serrated margins and
acute points or three-lobed. The leaf edge is
serrated margins and the stem type is herbacious.
Fruit
The fruit is an aggregate of
several black, fleshy drupes
with a bluish waxy bloom.
Authors: Jako Männikust,
Jasper Org, Esther Navarro
Garcia, Iker Cerezuela Buisan,
Ana Beltran Dragó, Byran
Almagro, Natalia Civera