Raspberry twigs are reddish-brown with many prickles distributed on the trunk, young branches are greenish, pilose and prickly. Leaves are ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 3.5-9 centimeters long, 2-4.5 centimeters wide, acuminate at the tip, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, undivided or sometimes 3-lobed, the margins are irregularly biserrate, the veins on both surfaces are pilose, and the abaxial veins are covered with fine barbs.

Raspberries are widely distributed in China except in the northeast, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet and other provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, at an altitude of 300 ~ 1500m of sunny slopes, streams, valleys, wasteland and scrubland growth. This fruit contains a large amount of vitamin C, E, superoxide dismutase, Y-aminobutyric acid and other anti-aging substances, as well as ellagic acid and other anticancer substances, including vitamin E and ellagic acid content of all fruits. In the United States, the red raspberry is regarded as cancer nemesis, people praise it as "ruby".

There are three types of raspberries on the market. Red raspberry fruit is round, large fruit, deep red, bright color, sweet and sour taste. Black raspberry fruit is purple-black, shiny, strong flavor, sweet taste. Yellow raspberries are a yellow variant of red raspberries with round, aromatic fruit. Good quality raspberries are firm, plump and fresh. Soft, mushy berries that drip with juice may be overripe or moldy. Fresh raspberries should be rinsed slightly before eating, but never soaked.

In addition, the raspberry also has a good medicinal value, its roots, stems, leaves, fruits can be used in medicine, the root flavor slightly bitter, pungent, flat, with the elimination of wind and dampness, blood circulation, asthma, detoxification and astringent sores efficacy, the main treatment of rheumatism and lumbar pain, dysentery, spermatorrhea, venomous snakebite, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, eczema, pediatric chancre and other conditions, is a common folk medicine ¨C a kind of Hmong medicine.