''Rubus moluccanus'', the Molucca bramble or broad-leaf bramble,
is a scrambling shrub or climber, native to moist
eucalyptus forest and
rainforest
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of eastern
Australia
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, distributed from
Queensland to
Victoria and North-East Indian states of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. Molucca bramble leaves are simple with 3-5 lobes, 2–15 cm long, and 3–10 cm wide, and the lower surface tomentose. Flowers pinkish red or white. Red fruit is 1.2 cm wide.
PlantNET, ''Rubus moluccanus'' plant profile
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Uses
Regarded as a tasty edible fruit. Eaten out-of-hand, and used commercially to a limited extent in jam
Jam is a type of fruit preserve.
Jam or Jammed may also refer to:
Other common meanings
* A firearm malfunction
* Block signals
** Radio jamming
** Radar jamming and deception
** Mobile phone jammer
** Echolocation jamming
Arts and entertai ...
s and sauces. It is used as ''traditional health care practices'' and highly enriched with vitamin C.
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Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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