Rubus subg. Micranthobatus
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Description
Leaves palmate, rarely unifoliolate.
Stipules absent or 1 or 2 on the base of the petiole.
Inflorescences terminal thyrses or axillary bundles of (l-)2-5 racemes.
Flowers uni- or bisexual.
Sepals (sub)equal, entire.
Fruits falling as a coherent collective from the torus, rarely falling separately (?).
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Australasia, Madagascar present, NE India present, New Zealand present
Twelve species with an East Gondwanan type area: Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Celebes, Borneo, Philippines, NE India, Madagascar. In Malesia 6 species.