Rubus coriifolius is a Mesoamerican species of brambles in the rose family.
It is a perennial up to tall, with hairs and sometimes a few small prickles. The leaves are compound with 3 or 5 thick, leathery leaflets. The flowers are white or rose-colored. The fruits are red or almost black.Liebmann, Frederik Michael 1853. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1852(8–10): 157–158 description in Latin, commentary in Danish
It grows in central and southern Mexico (from Chiapas as far north as Tamaulipas) and Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua).Rydberg, Per Axel. 1913. North American Flora 22(5): 456Pankhurst, R. J. 2001. Rosaceae. En: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85(3): 2202–2206.Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Saururaceae a Zygophyllaceae. 2(3): v–xvii, 1–347. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.
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External links photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Guatemala in 1892