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Internal ID UUID64404073ab7ae306138167
Scientific name Rubus rigidus
Authority Sm.
First published in Cycl. 30: Rubus n.º 5 (1815)

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Common products:
Fruit consumed locally as fresh food.

Industrial and craft applications:
None documented.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
Fruit eaten raw.

Colorants and tanning:
None documented.

Wood and fiber:
None documented.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
None documented.

Properties relevant to use:
Fruits are fleshy aggregate drupes.

Standards and regulation:
None documented.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Locally harvested from wild populations in coastal and fynbos habitats; no formal cultivation or trade indicators documented.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Rubus atrocoeruleus Gust. Ark. Bot. 26A(7): 54 (1934)
Rubus discolor E.Mey. Zwei pflanzengeografische Dokumente ; 1843 217 1843
Rubus inedulis Rolfe J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 514 (1906)
Rubus rigidus var. buchananii Focke Species ruborum ; 1910-1914 174 1911
Rubus rigidus var. chrysocarpus (Mund ex Cham. & Schltdl.) Focke Species ruborum ; 1910-1914 174 1911
Rubus rigidus var. incisus Gust. ; 1932 18 1932
Rubus rigidus var. mundtii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Focke Species ruborum ; 1910-1914 174 1911
Dyctisperma rigidus Raf. Sylva Tellur. 160. 1838
Dyctisperma rigidus (Sm.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 805 (1893)

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Language Common/alternative name
English white bramble
English wild bramble
Afrikaans braambos
st monoko-metsi
st monokotswai-wabanna
xh umgcunube
Zulu ijingijolo
Zulu ugagane

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Name Authority First published in
Rubus rigidus var. camerunensis Letouzey Fl. Cameroun 20: 226 (1978)
Rubus rigidus var. rigidus Unknown

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001016859
Tropicos 27801857
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:739754-1
The Plant List rjp-7484
Open Tree Of Life 714534
NCBI Taxonomy 59497
iNaturalist 593374
GBIF 2996205
EPPO RUBDI
EOL 625241
USDA GRIN 32434
CMAUP NPO23821

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2023 Gibin D, Gutierrez Linares A, Fasanelli E, Pasinato L, Delbianco A EFSA J 15-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10722330
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8477
PMID:38107375
Rust Fungi on Medicinal Plants in Guizhou Province with Descriptions of Three New Species Wu Q, He M, Liu T, Hu H, Liu L, Zhao P, Li Q J Fungi (Basel) 21-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10532644
doi:10.3390/jof9090953
PMID:37755061
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 31 December 2022 Gibin D, Pasinato L, Delbianco A EFSA J 13-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10262070
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8061
PMID:37325259
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2022 Delbianco A, Gibin D, Pasinato L, Boscia D, Morelli M EFSA J 09-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9827234
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7726
PMID:36628332
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 31 December 2021 Delbianco A, Gibin D, Pasinato L, Boscia D, Morelli M EFSA J 15-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9198695
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7356
PMID:35734284
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2021 Delbianco A, Gibin D, Pasinato L, Morelli M EFSA J 12-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8753584
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7039
PMID:35035582
Potential Benefits of Antiviral African Medicinal Plants in the Management of Viral Infections: Systematic Review Beressa TB, Deyno S, Mtewa AG, Aidah N, Tuyiringire N, Lukubye B, Weisheit A, Tolo CU, Ogwang PE Front Pharmacol 24-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8740180
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.682794
PMID:35002686
Medicinal Plants for Mitigating Pain and Inflammatory-Related Conditions: An Appraisal of Ethnobotanical Uses and Patterns in South Africa Aremu AO, Pendota SC Front Pharmacol 22-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8569556
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.758583
PMID:34744737
Ethnobotany, Ethnopharmacology, and Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plants Used for Treating Human Diarrheal Cases in Rwanda: A Review Gahamanyi N, Munyaneza E, Dukuzimana E, Tuyiringire N, Pan CH, Komba EV Antibiotics (Basel) 09-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8532704
doi:10.3390/antibiotics10101231
PMID:34680811
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 31 December 2020 Delbianco A, Gibin D, Pasinato L, Morelli M EFSA J 23-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8220458
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6674
PMID:34188716
Proximate Analyses and Amino Acid Composition of Selected Wild Indigenous Fruits of Southern Africa Sibiya NP, Kayitesi E, Moteetee AN Plants (Basel) 08-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8068051
doi:10.3390/plants10040721
PMID:33917651
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2019 N/A EFSA J 28-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7448098
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6114
PMID:32874307
Antivenin plants used for treatment of snakebites in Uganda: ethnobotanical reports and pharmacological evidences Omara T, Kagoya S, Openy A, Omute T, Ssebulime S, Kiplagat KM, Bongomin O Trop Med Health 11-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7014759
doi:10.1186/s41182-019-0187-0
PMID:32071543
Pest categorisation of non‐EU Acleris spp. Bragard C, Dehnen‐Schmutz K, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jacques M, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire J, Kertész V, Milonas P EFSA J 31-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC7008942
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5856
PMID:32626141

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Benzenetriols and derivatives / Pyrogallols and derivatives / 5-unsubstituted pyrrogallols
Pyrogallol 1057 Click to see 126.11 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Quinone and hydroquinone lipids / Prenylquinones / Ubiquinones
3,4-Dimethoxydalbergione 115019 Click to see COC1=C(C(=O)C(=CC1=O)C(C=C)C2=CC=CC=C2)OC 284.31 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Triterpene glycosides / Triterpene saponins
Dotorioside II 16118969 Click to see 666.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
NCGC00169718-03_C36H56O12_beta-D-Glucopyranose, 1-O-[(2alpha,3beta,5xi,9xi)-2,3,19,24-tetrahydroxy-24,28-dioxours-12-en-28-yl]- 14707004 Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)C(=O)O)O)O)C)C)C2C1(C)O)C)C(=O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O 680.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
Quercilicoside A 14055729 Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)CO)O)O)C)C)C2C1(C)O)C)C(=O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O 666.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
Suavissimoside R1 21626352 Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)C(=O)O)O)O)C)C)C2C1(C)O)C)C(=O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O 680.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
> Nucleosides, nucleotides, and analogues / Nucleoside and nucleotide analogues
5-(4-Amino-2-oxo-1(2h)-pyrimidinyl)-1,3-oxathiolane-2-carboxylic acid 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexyl ester 20712955 Click to see CC1CCC(C(C1)OC(=O)C2OC(CS2)N3C=CC(=NC3=O)N)C(C)C 381.50 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-{[5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-yl]oxy}-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl (2E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate 71341515 Click to see 594.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxochromen-3-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl] (E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate 6442291 Click to see 594.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-Dihydroxy-3-(3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(Hydroxymethyl)Oxan-2-Yl)Oxychromen-4-One 5378597 Click to see 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one 13245583 Click to see 418.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
5,7-Dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 5462193 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O 448.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
Astragalin 5282102 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O 448.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
Isoquercetin 5280804 Click to see 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
Juglanin 5318717 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O 418.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/S12272-011-0404-9
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / Isoflavonoid O-glycosides
3-[4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]-5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxychromen-4-one 24094147 Click to see COC1=C(C(=C2C(=C1)OC=C(C2=O)C3=CC=C(C=C3)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)COC5C(C(CO5)(CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)OC 608.50 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylisoflavones
Caviunin 6708635 Click to see 374.30 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Neoflavonoids / Dalbergiones
(R)-(+)-4-Methoxydalbergione 442809 Click to see 254.28 unknown via CMAUP database
(S)-4,4'-Dimethoxydalbergione 174861 Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C=C)C2=CC(=O)C(=CC2=O)OC 284.31 unknown via CMAUP database
(S)-4'-Hydroxy-4-methoxydalbergione 44257558 Click to see COC1=CC(=O)C(=CC1=O)C(C=C)C2=CC=C(C=C2)O 270.28 unknown via CMAUP database
2-methoxy-5-[(1R)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enyl]cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione 51432402 Click to see 284.31 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Neoflavonoids / Neoflavones
2H-1-Benzopyran-2-one, 4-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-6-hydroxy-7-methoxy- 5318262 Click to see 300.26 unknown via CMAUP database
Dalbergin 442768 Click to see 268.26 unknown via CMAUP database
Dalnigrin 91279357 Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)OC3=CC(=C(C=C23)O)OC 298.29 unknown via CMAUP database
Kuhlmannin 4412068 Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=CC(=O)OC2=C1OC)C3=CC=CC=C3)O 298.29 unknown via CMAUP database
Melannein 15560441 Click to see 314.29 unknown via CMAUP database
Melannin 442808 Click to see 284.26 unknown via CMAUP database

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