Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_rubus_sieboldii
Molucca Raspberry
Rubus sieboldii
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About Molucca Raspberry
A robust rhizomatous climbing shrub with stout prickles and large simple, rounded-to-ovate leaves. The blades have five palmate main veins, irregular teeth or shallow lobes, and white-to-yellowish-brown felt beneath. White flowers develop into red aggregate fruits. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Rubus sieboldii
- Common names
- Molucca raspberry
- Other names
- Rubus sieboldii · Molucca raspberry
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Leaves are simple, not pinnately compound. Preserve white flowers and red fruit.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Robust, rhizomatous shrubs; stems somewhat scandent, stout, elongate, with scattered prickles with elongate bases and moderately to densely tomentose.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A robust rhizomatous climbing shrub with stout prickles and large simple, rounded-to-ovate leaves. The blades have five palmate main veins, irregular teeth or shallow lobes, and white-to-yellowish-brown felt beneath. White flowers develop into red aggregate fruits. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.