Asian wild raspberries

Rubus spp.

fruit

Small wild red, orange or yellow raspberries, sweet, picked in the mountains in spring and summer: shanmei of China, kaji-ichigo and nawashiro-ichigo of Japan.

Origin

China, Japan, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia

Season (United States)

May to August

Preparation

They are eaten raw and whole, barely rinsed, on the day they are picked: they do not keep.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Kaji-ichigo grows on Japan's coasts and bears large orange-yellow raspberries.