Prickly vine with compound, leathery, hairless leaves, leaflets 3-5 leathery, margins serrated, veins, petiolules, petioles and young stems armed in red prickles. Flowers in much-branched panicles, white. Fruits numerous, orange-red to red.
Prickly vine with compound, leathery, hairless leaves, leaflets 3-5 leathery, margins serrated, veins, petiolules, petioles and young stems armed in red prickles. Flowers in much-branched panicles, white. Fruits numerous, orange-red to red.
Māori name: Tātarāmoa
Scientific name: Rubus cissoides
Common name: Bush lawyer
Type: Climbers
Conservation status: Not threatened
Habitat: Coastal to montane, forest, scrub, wetland margins
Height: Up to 10 m or more long