Ceylon Raspberry
Rubus niveus
Also known as Mysore Raspberry, Mahabaleshwar Raspberry, Snowpeaks raspberry
Climbing shrub
About Ceylon Raspberry
Rubus niveus (Mysore raspberry, Ceylon raspberry and Hill raspberry) is a species of Rubus native to southern Asia.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rubus niveus
- Genus
- Rubus
- Family
- ROSACEAE
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in grasslands
- Native to
- Indo-Himalaya
- Distribution
- India, Afghanistan, Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Java, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- काला हिसालू, Kala hinsalu, Khre
- Kannada
- ಗೋಮುಳ್ಳು Gomullu, ಗೋಮುಳ್ಳಿ Gomulli, ಮುಳ್ಳಿ Mulli
- Marathi
- गौरीफल Gowriphal

Botanical family
Rosaceae
Rose family
Ceylon Raspberry belongs to the Rosaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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