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Food- Fruit with a little sourness and reasonably sized raspberry. Dye- A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit
Bhutan, India, Nepal
Temperate biome, altitude 2100- 3200m.
Evergreen shrub with many stems.
Leaves are trifoliate, with the 3 leaflets rounded or somewhat rhombic, obscurely lobed, sharpy double-toothed. Leaflets are 1.2-3.8 cm long and broad, membranous, hairless, dark green above, hairy along the nerves beneath, base wedge-shaped. Lateral leaflets are shortly stalked.
Flower are usually solitary, in leaf axils, 1.2-1.8 cm across. Sepals are long-pointed, not quite entire. Petals are longer than the sepals, white, obovate.
Fruit is small, scarlet, edible and slightly sour.
Flowering: June-July