Rubus moluccanusL.

WFO wfo-0001018092 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rubus moluccanus, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. a Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205710993
Rubus moluccanus, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 201197990
Rubus moluccanus, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188698643
Rubus moluccanus, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. d Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188449251
Rubus moluccanus, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. e Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188487763
Rubus moluccanus, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. f Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187458839
Rubus moluccanus, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. g Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 182678672
Rubus moluccanus, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. h Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 179214587

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Rubus moluccanus is native: Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Caroline Is., New Caledonia, Vanuatu AssamBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNew South WalesQueenslandVictoriaNew Caledonia Caroline Is.Vanuatu
Native distribution of Rubus moluccanus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Victoria VIC
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
New Caledonia NWC
Vanuatu VAN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 35 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Rubus acerifolius Wall. ex Kuntze
  • Rubus chartaceus Kuntze
  • Rubus dendrocharis (Focke) Focke
  • Rubus falconeri Kuntze
  • Rubus fontinalis Kuntze
  • Rubus glaucocaulis Kuntze
  • Rubus hasskarlii subsp. dendrocharis Focke
  • Rubus hiemalis Kuntze
  • Rubus hillii F.Muell.
  • Rubus kingii Kuntze
  • Rubus kurzianus Kuntze
  • Rubus latifolius Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus f. glabrus P.Royen
  • Rubus moluccanus var. acerifolius (Wall. ex Kuntze) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. austropacificus P.Royen
  • Rubus moluccanus var. chartaceus Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. dendrocharis (Focke) P.Royen
  • Rubus moluccanus var. falconeri (Kuntze) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. fontinalis (Kuntze) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. glaucocaulis (Kuntze) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. hiemalis (Kuntze) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. hillii (F.Muell.) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. kurzianus (Kuntze) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. latifolius Kuntze

and 11 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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