''Rubus eriocarpus'' is a Mesoamerican species of brambles in the
rose family. It grows in Central America and in central and southern Mexico, from
Panamá
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Puebla
Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...
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[Rydberg, Per Axel. 1913. North American Flora 22(5): 442-443]
/ref>[Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá]
''Rubus eriocarpus'' is a prickly, hairless shrub. Leaves are palmately compound with 3 or 5 leaflets, the undersides appearing whitish because of a coating of wax. Flowers are white. Fruits are cylindrical or spherical.[
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External links
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Distrito Federal de México in 1972
eriocarpus
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Central America
Plants described in 1853
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