（Japanese raspberry）

（火树花）

Scientific name: Rubus parvifolius L.. Rosaceae, Rubus genus (there are about 500 species in this genus, which are widely distributed around the world, and are more concentrated in the northern temperate zone. There are about 280 species in China, produced in both north and south). Deciduous small shrub. Branches are arched and curved, densely covered with pubescent hairs and thorns. The leaves are alternate, with leaflets usually 3 and rarely 5. The terminal leaflets are rhomboid-ovate to broadly ovate, and the lateral leaflets are smaller, broadly obovate to obovate, 2 to 3 cm long, with blunt apex and lobed edges. And irregular coarse serrations, dark green above, with sparse hairs, and dense white short hairs below; stipules are needle-shaped; petiole and rachis have pubescence and small prickles. Flowers bisexual, corymbs, 3 to 10 flowers, pink or purple, 6 to 9 mm in diameter, 5 calyxes, 5 petals; many stamens; superior ovary; flat receptacle; many carpels, separated, each heart Leather goods 1 ovule. The aggregate fruit is spherical, with a persistent calyx; the small fruit is a drupe, clustered on an enlarged receptacle and is berry-shaped, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, red. It is distributed throughout the country and is commonly found on hilly slopes and roadside ditches. The fruit can be eaten fresh, boiled into sugar, made into wine or vinegar. Tannin extract can be extracted from the leaves and root bark. The stems, leaves and roots are used as medicine and have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, activating blood circulation and reducing swelling, dispelling wind and relieving pain.

The high eyebrow circumference shows the stem circumference.