Rubus trilobus, the boulder raspberry or delicious raspberry, is Mesoamerican species of bramble.
Description Rubus trilobus is a shrub sometimes as much as tall. It does not have prickles. The leaves are broadly three-lobed with teeth along the edges; they are green, lighter on the underside. The flowers are white and the fruit is dark purple.Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946. Rosaceae. En: Standley, P.C. & J.A. Steyermark (eds.), Flora of Guatemala - Part IV. Fieldiana, Botany 24(4): 432–484
Distribution and habitat The species is native to Guatemala and to southern and central Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Puebla, Tlaxcala).García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad UniversitariaBreedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246. It grows in moist or wet coniferous forests in the mountains.
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External links photo of herbarium specimen at University of Texas, collected in Oaxaca in 1995