Wild Raspberry

Wild Raspberry

Afzal
on Dec 17, 2007 2:01 pm
Image Type(s): Flora
Image ID: 365922

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Romuald Kosina

Romuald Kosina - Dec 17, 2007 2:15 pm - Voted 10/10

Hi!!!

Very beautiful plant and picture!!!
Thanks for setting it in my album!!!
:-)))
Romek

Afzal

Afzal - Dec 17, 2007 2:19 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Hi!!!

Thank you very much for your nice comments to my picture. I will post new photos in your album in few days.
Best regards, Afzal

nartreb

nartreb - Dec 17, 2007 4:44 pm - Hasn't voted

what species?

I'm not sure what kind of fruit that is, but I'm quite certain it's not a raspberry

Afzal

Afzal - Dec 18, 2007 1:53 am - Hasn't voted

Re: what species?

Thanks for your remarks. In our country, the local people of these mountains named it raspberry.

Dmitry Pruss

Dmitry Pruss - Dec 17, 2007 5:10 pm - Voted 10/10

It looks like elderberry

Is it considered eadible in those parts?

Elderberry picts on SP:
black
red

Afzal

Afzal - Dec 18, 2007 1:54 am - Hasn't voted

Re: It looks like elderberry

Thanks for looking at my photo. In our country it knows a raspberry.

Dmitry Pruss

Dmitry Pruss - Dec 18, 2007 9:38 am - Voted 10/10

I couldn't find a color illustration

for the Pakistani native Sambucus whightiana but the botanical description, says,

"Fruit a drupe, globose, 4-5 mm in diameter, orange coloured turning black."

nartreb

nartreb - Dec 18, 2007 9:50 am - Hasn't voted

Re: I couldn't find a color illustration

I think that's right; I thought it might be an elder but I couldn't find an orange one.

Afzal

Afzal - Dec 18, 2007 11:47 am - Hasn't voted

Re: I couldn't find a color illustration

Thank you very much for your clear description about photo.

Best regards, Afzal

Chris Chadwell - May 1, 2018 8:51 am - Hasn't voted

Always questionable as to accuracy of local names - Latin names accepted internationally

This is definitely the fruits of Sambucus wightiana - 'Wight's or West Himalayan Elder'. Stewart, one-time Principal of Gordon College, Rawalpindi, author of 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Pakistan & Kashmir' (which formed the basis for 'Flora of Pakistan', records this from Northern Pakistan @ 1500-3000m; very common in Kashmir where it is gregarious on hill-sides and valley bottoms where snow, often avalanche snow, lies late. The numerous globular fruits are either orange or red, then usually turn black. Used medicinally. Founder & Editor, Himalayan Plant Association. shpa.org.uk

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