''Rubus illecebrosus'' is a red-fruited species of ''

Rubus ''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, with over 1,350 species. Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of the ...

'' that originally came from Japan (where is it called バライチゴ, roseberry), but is also very popular in some European countries like Lithuania. Common names include balloon berry and strawberry raspberry. It has become sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in Canada, the United States, and South America. ''Rubus illecebrosus'' is a thorny shrub up to tall. Leaves are pinnately compound. Flowers are produced either one at a time or in clumps of 2–3, each with 5 petals up to long (longer than those of most related species). Fruits are also unusually large for the genus, each oblong, red, up to long with 50–100 drupelets.

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* * illecebrosus Flora of Japan Berries Plants described in 1899 {{rubus-stub