Rubus urticifolius Poir.
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Authority
Popenoe, Wilson. 1924. Economic fruit-bearing plants of Ecuador. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-ix, 101-134. pl. 34-49.
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Family
Rosaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - This species is a fairly strong grower, sending up canes to a length of 3 or 3.5 meters. It is half-climbing in habit. The leaves are palmately compound, the leaflets ovate-acute, very finely serrate, sparsely hairy above, velvety-pubescent and glaucous below. The racemes are slender, commonly 10 to 20 cm. in length, and the flowers are small and white. The fruits also are small, being rarely more than 6 mm. long; they are broadly oval, each composed of numerous very small drupelets, the seeds soft. The berries are sweet and of very agreeable flavor, but. their small size is against them and they are little used by the people of Baños.
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Common Names
mora, wild blackberry