What is the fruit of the shrub/plant Rubus Idaeus?
Rubus idaeus Rubus idaeus Rubus idaeus (raspberry, also called red raspberry or occasionally as European raspberry to distinguish it from other raspberries) is a red-fruited species of "Rubus" native to Europe and northern Asia and commonly cultivated in other temperate regions. A closely related plant in North America, sometimes regarded as the variety "Rubus idaeus" var. "strigosus", is more commonly treated as a distinct species, "Rubus strigosus" (American Red Raspberry), as is done here. Red-fruited cultivated raspberries, even in North America, are generally "Rubus idaeus" or horticultural derivatives of hybrids of "R. idaeus" and "R. strigosus;" these plants are all addressed in
Rubus idaeus the present article. Plants of "Rubus idaeus" are generally perennials which bear biennial stems ("canes") from a perennial root system. In its first year, a new, unbranched stem ("primocane") grows vigorously to its full height of 1.5–2.5 m (5.0–8.3 feet), bearing large pinnately compound leaves with five or seven leaflets, but usually no flowers. In its second year (as a "floricane"), a stem does not grow taller, but produces several side shoots, which bear smaller leaves with three or five leaflets. The flowers are produced in late spring on short racemes on the tips of these side shoots, each flower