鸡爪茶Rubus henryi Hemsl. et Ktze.
鸡爪茶Rubus henryi Hemsl. et Ktze.
153.鸡爪茶（湖北）老林茶（湖北兴山），亨利莓（经济植物手册），走牛修勒（贵州雷公山苗语）
Rubus henryi Hemsl. et Ktze. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23: 231. 1887 et in Hook. Icon. Pl. ser. 3. 8: pl. 1705. 1887; Focke, Bibl. Bot. 72(l):43. 1910;中国树木分类学, 459. 图356. 1937.
形态特征：Rubus henryi Hemsl．Er Ktze．·in Journ．Linn：Soc Bot．23：231．1887 et in Hook．Icon．P1．ser．3．8：p1．1705．1887；Focke，Bibl．Bot，72(1)：43：1．9;中国树木分类学，459．图356．1937。
亚组概述：Subsect；Sozostyli；(Focke)yu et lu，植物分类学报20(4)：461．1982．-Sect．Sozostyli Focke，Bibl．Bot。—72(1):42.1910 et 83:22. 1914. 本亚组有下列17种。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 9 (2003)
Rubus henryi Hemsley & Kuntze
鸡爪茶 ji zhao cha
Shrubs climbing, to 6 m tall, evergreen. Branchlets brown or reddish brown, densely tomentose at first, subglabrescent, with sparse, slightly curved small prickles. Leaves simple; petiole 3–6 cm, slender, tomentose; stipules oblong or oblong-lanceolate, free, 1–1.8 cm × 3–7 mm, membranous, villous, margin entire or apically with 2 or 3 teeth, apex acuminate; blade 8–15 × 7–14 cm, leathery, abaxially densely gray or yellowish gray tomentose, sometimes with sparse, minute prickles on raised veins, adaxially lucid-green, glabrous, base broadly cuneate to subrounded or cordate, palmately 3–5-lobed; lobes lanceolate or narrowly oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 7–11 × 1.5–2.5 cm, margin with sparse, coarse or thin sharp serrations, apex acuminate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, racemes, 7–12 cm, 9–20-flowered; rachis and pedicels densely gray or yellowish white tomentose and villous, with few minute needle-like prickles; bracts oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1–1.5 cm × 4–7 mm, membranous, villous, margin entire or apically with few teeth, apex acuminate. Pedicel 5–10 mm. Calyx ca. 1.5 cm, gray or yellowish white tomentose and villous, sometimes with intermixed glandular hairs; sepals reflexed after anthesis, narrowly triangular, 6–10 × 3–5 mm, margin entire, apex acuminate to caudate. Petals reddish, narrowly ovate, 7–9 × 3–6 mm, both surfaces pilose, base shortly clawed, margin erose or minutely crenate, apex obtuse. Stamens many, nearly as long as petals, villous. Pistils slightly longer than stamens, villous. Aggregate fruit black, subglobose, 1.3–1.5 cm in diam.; persistent styles reddish, villous; pyrenes somewhat reticulate. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Aug.
Slopes, mountainous areas, valleys, forests, thickets; below 2500 m. Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan.
The young leaves are used for tea.
别名：鸡爪菜;老林茶;大叶鸡爪茶;亨利莓;
科名：蔷薇科 Rosaceae
属名：悬钩子属 Rubus
153.鸡爪茶（湖北）老林茶（湖北兴山），亨利莓（经济植物手册），走牛修勒（贵州雷公山苗语）
Rubus henryi Hemsl. et Ktze. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23: 231. 1887 et in Hook. Icon. Pl. ser. 3. 8: pl. 1705. 1887; Focke, Bibl. Bot. 72(l):43. 1910;中国树木分类学, 459. 图356. 1937.
形态特征：Rubus henryi Hemsl．Er Ktze．·in Journ．Linn：Soc Bot．23：231．1887 et in Hook．Icon．P1．ser．3．8：p1．1705．1887；Focke，Bibl．Bot，72(1)：43：1．9;中国树木分类学，459．图356．1937。
亚组概述：Subsect；Sozostyli；(Focke)yu et lu，植物分类学报20(4)：461．1982．-Sect．Sozostyli Focke，Bibl．Bot。—72(1):42.1910 et 83:22. 1914. 本亚组有下列17种。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 9 (2003)
Rubus henryi Hemsley & Kuntze
鸡爪茶 ji zhao cha
Shrubs climbing, to 6 m tall, evergreen. Branchlets brown or reddish brown, densely tomentose at first, subglabrescent, with sparse, slightly curved small prickles. Leaves simple; petiole 3–6 cm, slender, tomentose; stipules oblong or oblong-lanceolate, free, 1–1.8 cm × 3–7 mm, membranous, villous, margin entire or apically with 2 or 3 teeth, apex acuminate; blade 8–15 × 7–14 cm, leathery, abaxially densely gray or yellowish gray tomentose, sometimes with sparse, minute prickles on raised veins, adaxially lucid-green, glabrous, base broadly cuneate to subrounded or cordate, palmately 3–5-lobed; lobes lanceolate or narrowly oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 7–11 × 1.5–2.5 cm, margin with sparse, coarse or thin sharp serrations, apex acuminate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, racemes, 7–12 cm, 9–20-flowered; rachis and pedicels densely gray or yellowish white tomentose and villous, with few minute needle-like prickles; bracts oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1–1.5 cm × 4–7 mm, membranous, villous, margin entire or apically with few teeth, apex acuminate. Pedicel 5–10 mm. Calyx ca. 1.5 cm, gray or yellowish white tomentose and villous, sometimes with intermixed glandular hairs; sepals reflexed after anthesis, narrowly triangular, 6–10 × 3–5 mm, margin entire, apex acuminate to caudate. Petals reddish, narrowly ovate, 7–9 × 3–6 mm, both surfaces pilose, base shortly clawed, margin erose or minutely crenate, apex obtuse. Stamens many, nearly as long as petals, villous. Pistils slightly longer than stamens, villous. Aggregate fruit black, subglobose, 1.3–1.5 cm in diam.; persistent styles reddish, villous; pyrenes somewhat reticulate. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Aug.
Slopes, mountainous areas, valleys, forests, thickets; below 2500 m. Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan.
The young leaves are used for tea.