Rubus chamaemorus L
English: Ripe cloudberry, knoutberry Spanish: Mora de los Pantanos Estonian: rabamurakas Portuguese: Amora-ártica Turkish: gülgiller Catalan: Móra vermella
Rubus chamaemorus is a rhizomatous herb native to cool temperate, alpine, arctic tundra and boreal forest. Unlike most Rubus species, the cloudberry is dioecious, and fruit production by a female plant requires pollination from a male plant. The cloudberry grows to 10 – 25 cm high.
Flowers 4-6 white leaves, female and male flowers.
Leaves
The leaves alternate between having 5 and 7 soft, handlike lobes on straight, branchless stalks.
Fruit consisting of between 5 and 25 drupelets, each fruit is initially pale red, ripening into an amber color in early autumn. Fruits are golden-yellow, soft and juicy, and are rich in vitamin C. When eaten fresh, cloudberries have a distinctive tart taste. When over-ripe, they have a creamy texture.
Authors Henri Kaseväli, Jarmo Pihl