What Is a Raspberry? Six Major Differences Between It and Mulberry

Raspberry, also known as small tray or raspberry, is a wild plant commonly found at the edges of mountain mixed woods and in shrubland. Its appearance is similar to that of the raspberry and unripe mulberry. Because its fruit tastes sweet and sour and has high nutritional value, it is deeply loved by people. So what is a raspberry? What is the difference between it and mulberry?

1. What is a raspberry?

1. Raspberry is also called bramble, wild berry or black raspberry. It is a shrub plant of the genus Rubus, subfamily Rosoideae, family Rosaceae, species raspberry. Its appearance is similar to that of unripe mulberry. It comes in three colors: red, golden and black, and is eaten as a fruit in Europe and America.

2. The fruit of the raspberry is an aggregate fruit formed by the aggregation of many small drupelets. Its shape is conical or flat-conical, and its surface is yellow-green or light brown. The flowering period is generally from May to June, and the fruiting period is from August to September. From June to August the fruit is green, and by late August it can be harvested. The fruit produced is half-moon-shaped, with the back densely covered in gray-white downy hair, obvious reticulate veins on both sides, and raised ridge lines on the belly.

3. Raspberry is the ripe fruit of the Rosaceae plant raspberry. It mostly grows in shrub thickets, hillsides and other low-altitude or mid-altitude areas. At present, it is cultivated in Fujian, Guangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and other places in China.

4. The fruit produced by the raspberry tastes sweet and sour. Like other fruits, it can be eaten directly after being washed. Of course, it can also be mixed into medicine or porridge, or ground into powder and eaten directly, all of which can achieve good effects.

5. Raspberry is a wild plant rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, salicylic acid, phenolic acids, calcium, potassium, magnesium and other elements. It has the effects of benefiting the kidneys, preventing cancer, and beautifying and nourishing the face. Regular consumption can tonify the kidneys and nourish essence and blood. For example, when decocted and taken together with medicinal materials such as Gorgon euryale seed, Cornus officinalis and dragon bone, it can have a kidney-tonifying effect; when eaten together with goji berries, mulberry fruit and the like, it can nourish essence and blood.

2. What is the difference between raspberry and mulberry?

Because raspberry and unripe mulberry look very similar, many people mistakenly think they are the same thing. In fact, they are not. The specific differences between the two are as follows:

Difference 1, different family and genus: Raspberry is a shrub plant of the genus Rubus, subfamily Rosoideae, family Rosaceae, species raspberry, and is the ripe fruit of the raspberry plant; mulberry is the ripe fruit of the mulberry tree, a deciduous tree or shrub of the genus Morus, family Moraceae, order Urticales.

Difference 2, different color: Raspberries vary in color, coming in red, golden and black, and generally appear purplish red or bright red; mulberries have relatively many colors, including red, green, purple, black-purple and many other colors, and most are black-purple.

Difference 3, different distribution range: Raspberry is a fruit that grows on wild mountains. It is distributed in Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Hebei, Henan, Fujian, Shandong, Shanxi, Yunnan, Hunan and other places in China, but few people know about it. It is cultivated only in small amounts in the Northeast, and is relatively rare on the market; mulberry is a plant that grows in fields, hillsides, hills and other places. It is mostly artificially cultivated and distributed throughout China, and can generally be seen in supermarkets and major shopping malls.

Difference 4, different fruit: The fruit of the raspberry may be hollow or solid in the middle, but most are hollow, and its shape tends to be round; the fruit of the mulberry is solid, and its shape tends to be long.

Difference 5, different effects: Raspberry has the effects of beautifying and nourishing the face and benefiting the kidneys, but eating too much can easily cause internal heat, so people with a hot constitution or kidney deficiency should not eat too much; mulberry has the effects of promoting hair growth and hematopoiesis. Regular consumption can treat anemia and make hair black and shiny.

Difference 6, different price: Raspberry is very rare on the market, so its price is a little high; mulberry is common on the market, and generally a jin can be bought for just a few yuan.

Overall, raspberry is the raspberry, commonly seen in shrubland and on wild mountains. Regular consumption can beautify and nourish the face, benefit the kidneys, and so on. Although its appearance is similar to that of mulberry, the two still differ in certain aspects such as color, fruit, price and effects, so they are still quite easy to distinguish.