Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Rubus
20. Rubus eucalyptus Focke; Biblioth. Bot. 17(Heft 72): 169. 1911.
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Shrubs 1.5–4 m tall. Branchlets dark purplish brown or brown; glabrous; with sparse; curved robust prickles; flowering shoots short; pubescent; stipitate glandular; with curved prickles. Leaves imparipinnate; 3–5(or 7)-foliolate; petiole 5–8 cm; petiolule of terminal leaflet 1–2.5 cm; lateral leaflets subsessile; petiolules and rachis sparsely pubescent; stipitate glandular; with needle-like prickles; stipules linear; 6–9 mm; pubescent; with intermixed glandular hairs; terminal leaflet blade ovate; rhombic-ovate; or rhombic-lanceolate; lateral blade of leaflets rhombic-ovate or elliptic; 2–6(–8) x 1.5–4(–5) cm; abaxially densely gray tomentose; adaxially glabrous; base broadly cuneate to rounded; rarely subcordate; margin irregularly coarsely serrate or incised-doubly serrate; sometimes 3-lobed on terminal leaflet; often acuminate; but acute on lateral leaflets. Inflorescences terminal; rarely axillary; 1- or 2-flowered; bracts linear; 5–7 mm; pubescent; with intermixed glandular hairs. Pedicel 2–4(–5) cm; pubescent; with stalked glands and needle-like prickles. Flowers 1.5–2 cm in diam. Calyx abaxially ± pubescent; with stalked glands and needle-like prickles; sepals spreading; rarely reflexed in fruit; ovate-lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate; 1–1.5(–2) cm x 4–6 mm; apex caudate; margin gray tomentose. Petals white; spatulate; 7–8 x 3–4 mm; shorter than sepals; base broadly clawed; apex obtuse. Stamens numerous; shorter than petals; filaments linear. Pistils longer than stamens; basal part of style and apical part of ovary densely long gray tomentose. Aggregate fruit red at maturity; subglobose; 1.2–2 cm in diam.; densely long gray tomentose; pyrenes rugulose. Fl. Apr–May; fr. Jun–Jul.
Mixed forests; thickets; bamboo thickets; grasslands; ravines; valleys; 1000--3400 m. Gansu; Guizhou; Hubei; Shaanxi; Sichuan; NE Yunnan.