CAT-00039
Atherton raspberry
Rubus probus
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Rubus
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Fruit
- Latin name
- Rubus probus
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Atherton raspberry
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/atherton-raspberry-rubus-probus/; https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/rubus_probus.htm Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00039
- Mature width
- 2m
- Native range
- Queensland and Papua New Guinea.
- Plant family
- Rosaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 2m
- Native states
- QLD
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use source; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Species-specific period not yet confirmed.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Ripe fruit
- Flowering season
- Spring-summer.
- Brief description
- Vigorous prickly raspberry shrub with spreading canes.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate survival tolerance; moisture improves crop.
- Preparation notes
- Use ripe red aggregate fruit fresh or in preserves.
- Flower description
- White flowers with five petals and numerous stamens.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Promising with water and support; contain spreading growth.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Bright red aggregate raspberry fruit.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded