Rudus idaeus

(Common name: Raspberry)

Classification

• Kingdom- Plantae
• Division- Magnoliophyta
• Class- Magnoliopsida
• Family- Rosaceae
• Subfamily- Rosoideae
• Genus- Rubus
• Subgenus- Idaeobatus
• Species- R. idaeus

History

Raspberry is a savoury delicacy, a native to Europe and northern Asia.

It is been consumed as fruit and one of the favourite among the consumers.

Plant Description

Raspberry is a perennial plant which is easy to grow and spreads all over the field if unchecked.

The plant grows to a height of 1.5m to 2.5m, unbranched and bears large pinnate leaves having five or seven leaflets.

During the late spring it produces small flowers about 1 cm in diameter with five white petals.

The fruit is a red, juicy berry which sweet, but tart flavoured.

Cultivation

Raspberry is propagated easily on its own without any hardships. It usually prefers open areas and thrives best in strong loamy soil. The cultivation is done commercially for fruit raspberry.

Parts Used

Fruit and leaves.

Constituents

The main constituents of raspberry are crystallize fruit sugar, volatile oil, pectin, citric and malic acid, mineral salts, colouring matter and water.

Medicinal uses

• Raspberry is known possess invasive properties of astringent and stimulant.
• The infusion of dried leaves boiled in water is used to relieve sore mouth, mouth ulcers, and throat cancer.
• It believed that the raspberry leaves facilitates the childbirth and helps in milk production in lactating mothers.
• Raspberry is thought to diminish the risk of cancer due to the presence of anti-tumor and anti-cancer properties.

Names

• ARABIC: Tût el 'ullayq
• BULGARIAN : M Malína.
• CHINESE : Fu pen zi, Fu pen zi (Taiwan), Shan mei.
• CZECH: Malina, Maliník obecný, Ostružiník maliník.
• DANISH: Almindelig hindbær, Hindbær, Hindbærbusk (plant).
• DUTCH: Framboos, Frambozenstruik (plant).
• ENGLISH: Raspberry, Raspberry bush.
• ESTONIAN: Harilik vaarikas.
• FINNISH: Vaapukka, Vadelma, Vattu.
• FRENCH: Framboise (fruit), Framboisier (plant), Ronce de l'Ida (plant).
• GERMAN: Himbeere, Himbeerstrauch (plant).
• GREEK: Sa Smeura (fruit-plur.), S Zmeouriá (plant), S Zméouro (fruit -sing), ata Vatomura (fruit-plur.), at Vatomouriá (plant), at Vatómouro (fruit-sing).
• HEBREW: Petel adom.
• HINDI: Rasabharii.
• HUNGARIAN: Málna.
• ITALIAN: Amponello, Lampone, Lampone rosso, Malina, Rovo ideo.
• JAPANESE : Ki ichigo, Ki ichigo, Razuberii, Reddo razuberii, Yezo ichigo.
• KOREAN : Na mu ddal gi.
• PORTUGUESE: Framboesa comum (fruit), Framboeseiro comum (plant).
• ROMANIAN: Zmeur (fruit), Zmeura (plant).
• RUSSIAN: M Malina obyknovennaia.
• SANSKRIT: Gauriphal.
• SPANISH: Frambuesa (fruit), Frambueso (plant), Frutilla de la India (Mexico).
• SWEDISH: Hallon (fruit), Hallonbuske (plant), Hallonsnår (plant).
• TURKISH: Agaç çilegi.
• UKRAINIAN: M Malína.
• VIETNAMESE: Qu mâm xôi (fruit), Cây mâm xôi (canes) .