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Palmleaf dewberry

Rubus sieboldii Blume

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rubus

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Palmleaf dewberry: Rubus sieboldii in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Palmleaf dewberry
Japanese
ホウロクイチゴ

Synonyms

  • Rubus abortivus Kuntze
  • Rubus bracteosus A.Gray ex Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. abortivus (Kuntze) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. bracteosus (A.Gray ex Kuntze) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. bracteosus Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. sieboldii (Blume) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. subramiflorus (Kuntze) Kuntze
  • Rubus subramiflorus Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit
Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.