Raspberries and blackberries
Raspberries or blackberries (Rubus): An edible fruit produced by a number of plant species in the genus Blackberries, of the rose family. The difference between raspberries and blackberries is that raspberries are a large thornless tree and blackberries are a thorny climbing shrub up to two (02) meters high.
Botanical description
It is a wild, thorny bush plant with an elongated stem, a drooping branch up to a height of two meters, its leaves are oval in shape, combined with white flowers and red and black, compound fruits, which grow around rivers.
Medicinal Benefits
Its fruits are eaten and its leaves are used in traditional medicine treatments, as an astringent, purifier and juicy morsels are used for wound pain. Gargling is also useful in the treatment of oral diseases.
Common species: red blackberries, black blackberries and American blackberries.
Botanical description
It is a wild, thorny bush plant with an elongated stem, a drooping branch up to a height of two meters, its leaves are oval in shape, combined with white flowers and red and black, compound fruits, which grow around rivers.
Medicinal Benefits
Its fruits are eaten and its leaves are used in traditional medicine treatments, as an astringent, purifier and juicy morsels are used for wound pain. Gargling is also useful in the treatment of oral diseases.
Common species: red blackberries, black blackberries and American blackberries.