Rubus coreanus

Rubus coreanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. coreanus
Binomial name
Rubus coreanus
Miq. 1867
Synonyms[1]
  • Rubus coreanus var. kouytchensis (H.Lév.) H.Lév.
  • Rubus coreanus var. nakaianus H.Lév.
  • Rubus nakaianus H.Lév. ex Nakai
  • Rubus pseudosaxatilis H.Lév.
  • Rubus pseudosaxatilis var. kouytchensis H.Lév.
  • Rubus quelpaertensis H.Lév.
  • Rubus tokkura Siebold
(left to right) R. coreanus, R. thibetanus, R. corchorifolius[2]

Rubus coreanus, known as bokbunja[3] (Korean: 복분자), Korean blackberry,[3] or Korean bramble,[4] is a species of raspberry native to Korea, Japan, and China.[5] It produces edible berries (not 'true berries' in the botanical sense) that can be fermented into bokbunja ju (Korean: 복분자주), a Korean fruit wine (although the majority of fruit commercially grown for producing this drink are actually Rubus occidentalis, native to North America).[6][7][8][9] R. coreanus fruits are usually harvested between the May and July at peak harvest season. They can only be cultivated in a few areas in Korea[why?], different to Rubus occidentalis, which can be cultivated widely across the country.[10]

  1. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  2. ^ photo from Watson, William, Climbing plants Publisher: London [etc.] : T.C. & E.C. Jack Language
  3. ^ a b English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 336. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  4. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Rubus coreanus Miquel". Flora of China.
  6. ^ Eu, Gee-Suck; Chung, Byung-Yeoup; Bandopadhyay, Rajib; Yoo, Nam-Hee; Choi, Dong-Geun; Yun, Song-Joong (2008). "Phylogenic Relationships of Rubus Species Revealed by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Markers" (PDF). Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology. 11 (1): 39–44.
  7. ^ Lee, Jungmin; Dossett, Michael; Finn, Chad E. (2014). "Mistaken Identity: Clarification of Rubus coreanus Miquel (Bokbunja)". Molecules. 19 (7): 10524–10533. doi:10.3390/molecules190710524. PMC 6271795. PMID 25045891.
  8. ^ Lee, Jungmin; Dossett, Michael; Finn, Chad E. (2013). "Anthocyanin fingerprinting of true bokbunja (Rubus coreanus Miq.)". Journal of Functional Foods. 5 (4): 1985–1990. doi:10.1016/j.jff.2013.06.006.
  9. ^ Lee, Jungmin (2015). "Analysis of bokbunja products show they contain Rubus occidentalis L. fruit". Journal of Functional Foods. 12: 144–149. doi:10.1016/j.jff.2014.11.005.
  10. ^ Lee, M. J., Nam, J. H., Jeong, J. H., Rho, R. I., (2020). Effect of Plant Part, Extraction Method, and Harvest Time over Antioxidant Yield of Rubus coreanus. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 16(5), 455–460. DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_549_19