Rubus hirtusWaldst. & Kit. Tüntürük (in Turkish)

Rubus hirtusWaldst. & Kit. - Tüntürük (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Shrub with long trailing turions. Turions subterete, brown, pubescent, bearing unequal subulate weak prickles, unequal glandular hairs (often purplish red) and some acicles. Leaves 3(−5)-nate, ± concolorous, usually hirsute above and below, unequally dentate; lateral leaflets shortly petioluled, terminal leaflet 5−16 cm, 4−6 (−10) × petiolule, ovate to suborbicular, subcordate, acute to acuminate-cuspidate; stipules linear, margined by glandular hairs. Flowering shoots often subpruinose, the armature differing from that of the turions in having slender acicular prickles and denser glandular hairs up to 1.5−4 mm long. Panicle lax, subaphyllous, ovate to pyramidal, with zig-zag rachis, 12−50-flowered, similar to that of Rubus tereticaulis, rather densely covered with acicles and glandular hairs up to 1.5−4 mm long. Sepals prominently caudate, erect in fruit, tomentellous, bearing acicles and glandular hairs. Petals white, oblong-obovate, 6−8(−10) mm. Filaments slightly longer than styles; anthers glabrous. Carpels glabrous or pilose. Drupelets black, numerous, c. 3 mm.

Flowering time: June−July.

Habitat: Deciduous and mixed forest, nr. s.l.−2000 m.

Reference:
Davis PH & Meikle RD (1972). Rubus hirtus Waldst. & Kit., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinurgh, 4: 37.

Public Description:

Rubus hirtus, known as “tüntürük” in Turkish, is native to Türkiye, Europe, Balkans, South Russia, Crimea and Caucasus. It is a long trailing shrub with white flowers and black fruits. It blooms between May and July and is found in deciduous and mixed forest. The fruit can be consumed as raw, and it is widely used in desserts, jams and jellies.

Reference:

Anonymous (2018). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=3586 /,Accessed date: 05.03.2018.

Aslan S (2012) Rubus L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 812–813.