Taxon: Rubus corchorifolius L. f.

 
Genus: Rubus
Subgenus: Idaeobatus
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Tribe: Rubeae
Nomen number: 32298
Place of publication: Suppl. pl. 263. 1782 ("1781")
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 10-jun-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 14-ene-2006
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Corvallis (COR)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • shan mei  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

  • Human food: fruit (fide F ChinaEng)
  • Gene sources: potential for disease resistance in blackberry (fide Acta Hort 585:115. 2002)
  • Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of blackberry (based on crossing compatilities as female parent with blackberry fide Acta Hort 926:394. 2012)
  • Materials: tannin/dyestuff (fide F ChinaEng)
  • Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2; F ChinaEng)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Temperate
    • CHINA: China [Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Shaanxi (s.), Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
    • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Honshu (w.), Kyushu] Korea, South, Taiwan

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Vietnam (n.)


References:

  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960- (F CambLVN)
  2. Finn, C. et al. 2002. Use of 58 Rubus species in five North American breeding programmes - Breeders news Acta Hort. 585:113-119.
  3. Li, W.-L. et al. 2012. An outline on research and utilization of blackberry in China Acta Hort. 926:393.
  4. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  5. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Rubus corchorifolius L. f. :

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=32298. Accessed 6 junio 2026.