Rubus creticus is a species of scrambling shrub in the family Rosaceae with a native range extending from the eastern mediterranean towards Turkmenistan and the western Himalaya.Rubus creticus Tourn. ex L. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved August 15, 2026, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77205547-1
Chemistry 3,6-Di-O-caffeoylglucose, 1-O-caffeoylxylose and 2,3-O-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-4,6-O-sanguisorboyl-(α/β)-glucose (an ellagitannin constituted with sanguisorbic acid), are found in R. ulmifolius subsp. sanctus.Caffeoyl sugar esters and an ellagitannin from Rubus sanctus. Sahar A.M Hussein, Nahla A Ayoub, Mahmoud A.M Nawwar, Phytochemistry, Volume 63, Issue 8, August 2003, Pages 905–911,
Distribution and habitat It is native to Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Eastern Aegean Islands, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Crete, Crimea, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, the North Caucasus, the North-Western Balkans, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, the Sinai, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, and the Western Himalayas.
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