Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rosaceae | Genus: Rubus | Species: Rubus niveus Thunb. |
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| Synonym | Rubus albescens Roxb., Rubus bonatii H.L‚v. | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Hill raspberry, Kala hinsalu | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Hill Raspberry, Snowpeaks Raspberry | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Heijampet | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | 500-2800 m | Fruit Type | Aggregate |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Subglobose aggregate of drupelets and is 1-2 cm in diameter with a purple-black colour juicy and sweet with small seeds |
| Habitat | Occurs in a widely in Oak forest | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam | Bark Details | Whitish velvety at first becoming smooth green to purple later |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Trifoliate | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub growing to 1–2.5 m tall the stems whitish tomentose at first becoming glabrous green to purple later, leaves are pinnate with 5–11 leaflets (mostly 7 or 9), the leaflets 2.5–8 cm long and 1–4 cm broad, dark green above densely pale grey to white tomentose beneath | Leaf Details | Leaves with 5-11 leaflets are 2.5-8 cm long and 1-4 cm broad, dark green above densely pale grey to white velvety beneath |
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