Rubus rosifolius

 ( Rosifolius ) 

Its native range extends as far west as Nepal, Sri Lanka, and India where it is found mainly in the northeast in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, and West Bengal, but also is native to Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the northwest and Tamil Nadu in the south. To the east it is native to all the states of Mainland Southeast Asia except for Singapore. In China it is mainly found in the southeast being native to Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang, but in the south it is found as far west as Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan and as far north as Shaanxi. It is also native to the island of Taiwan. It is native to many of the Islands of Indonesia including Borneo, and Sulawesi as well as both halves of New Guinea

Rubus rosifolius has become naturalized in eastern Australia and in New Zealand. It has escaped from cultivation or been introduced to many islands including Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti, Moʻorea, Raʻiātea, Rapa Iti, Ascension Island, and St. Helena. It is also found abundantly in the states Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and to the south as far as Rio Grande do Sul.

The species is grows naturally in rainforests and tall open forests.Frutas Brasileiras e Exóticas Cultivadas, Harri Lorenzi et al., Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora, 2006

The leaf is used as a medicinal herbal tea for treating diarrhea, menstrual pains, morning sickness and labour pains.Low, T., Bush Medicine – A Pharmacopoeia of Natural Remedies, 1990, The leaf contains .Southwell, I., 'The Constituents of Rubus rosifolius. The Structure of Rosifoliol, a Biogenetically Significant Sesquiterpenoid', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1978, vol. 31(11), pp2527 – 2538 [3]

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Cambodia in 2012