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Rubus ulmifolius
English: elmleaf blackberry
Spanish: zarza, zarzamora
Estonian: jalakalehine murakas
Leaves
Leaves are palmately
compound with 3 or 5
leaflets, the leaflets
green on the upper
surface but white on the
underside because of a
dense layer of woolly
hairs.
Rubus ulmifolius is a brambly shrub
sometimes as much as 5 meters
(almost 17 feet) tall, sometimes with
spines but not always. It is native to
Europe and North Africa.
Flowers
Flowers are usually pink,
sometimes white. They
have 5 petals, 10-15 mm
long. Sepals are grey or
whitish.
They grow in
inflorescences.
Fruit
The fruit is edible. It is red
at the beginning and it
becomes black.