Thank you very much Subhasis ji for validating this ID. I went by the general knowledge that the extensively cultivated *Rubus* for its edible fruits is *R. niveus*. The fact must be incorrect OR there could be more than one species of *Rubus* that is cultivated. Will wait for your confirmation. Regards. Dinesh
On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Subhasis Panda <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice photo again! But these images I think belong to Rubus lasiocarpus or > its varirty (I will confim later). Pl. find type image of R. niveus below > and match your images (Wallichian specimen from Nepal no. 734). > > Regards > S. Panda > Darjeeling > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Rosaceae Fortnight >> rose family >> *Rubus niveus* Thunb. >> Many thanks to Varun Sharma for the ID in my photostream >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F16658389613%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzctfVRyi_PLNXSNCDWwcNdKNTXipw> >> at >> flickr. >> (cultivated) at Mahabaleshwar on April 18, 2015 >> >> [image: Rubus niveus Thunb.] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F16658389613%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzctfVRyi_PLNXSNCDWwcNdKNTXipw> >> >> [image: Rubus niveus Thunb.] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F16657802563%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzedzZLkX_Hl9EJ7mHv4ufwVA5ZsoQ> >> >> [image: Rubus niveus Thunb.] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F17278122061%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzer9tksuKqjTcKy3N6Fu_6eWX0MGg> >> >> [image: Rubus niveus Thunb.] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F17090493300%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcg0ARjm3apNY2fKiSyYg1hVp5JTQ> >> >> [image: Rubus niveus Thunb.] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F17252042996%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeLu-QO_3Y26uKof-igAdWGTfF9ow> >> >> [image: Rubus niveus Thunb.] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F17070574207%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf1KDqxRR6pF2DYcH2mUZeMnL2i3A> >> >> [image: Rubus niveus Thunb.] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F17090280288%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfUA-ylYljb3Vg99mhIbJshZ40aTw> >> >> [image: Rubus niveus Thunb.] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F16657820323%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze6VIgBspt9pvGKkFEK1lICEC-COQ> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

