Nice Sir Edible or not? On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Rubus niveus* Thunb., ; Diss. Rubo. 7 & 9, f. 3 (1813). > syn: *Rubus* *lasiocarpus* Sm.; *Rubus* *lasiocarpus* var. *pauciflorus* > (Wall.) > Hook. f.; *Rubus* *niveus* var. *pauciflorus* (Wall. ex Lindl.) Focke > > Common names: Hill raspberry, Mysore raspberry > > Rambling shrub easily distinguished by its pinnate compound leaves; young > shoots tomentose; prickles hooked; leaflets 5-7, elliptic-ovate, 3-6 cm > long, corsely serrate, acute; flowers small rosy-purple, in paniculate > clusters; fruit yellow when young, purple when ripe. > > Common in Kashmir in forest openings, photographed from Dachhigam, > Baramulla and Shankeracharya hill in Kashmir > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
