Pan India Bouquets

Rubus niveus Thunb.

Family : Rosaceae
(Rose Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
Synonym(s) : Rubus foliolosus D.Don
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rubus niveus Thunb.
Common name : Mysore Raspberry, Snowpeaks Raspberry
Vernacular name : Kala hinsalu, Khre (Hindi); Dieng soh khawiong (Khasi); Heijampet (Manipuri)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Shrubberies
Comments / notes : Large rambling shrubs with branches rooting at the tips. Flowers dark pink
Key identification features : Druplets black, hoary, stone pitted
Flower, Fruit : June-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers,Dehradun district
- Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district,Kinnaur district,Kullu district,Shimla district
Native : Afghanistan to Central China and Indo-China, Jawa
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Afghanistan, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 111; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 101; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI:256
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Rubus niveus. Downloaded on 3 December 2023.

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Rubus niveus Thunb.

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