• Family : ROSACEAE
  (Rose Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ROSACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rubus ellipticus Sm.
• Common name : Yellow himalayan raspberry
• Vernacular name : Hinsalu anchhu (Hindi); Machdim, Mach Koli (Oria); Gedapallu (Telugu); Cheemullu, Mullippazham (Malayalam)
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Habitat : Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests
• Comments / notes : Common in moist valleys of higher altitudes in Eastern Ghats to 1200m.
• Flower, Fruit : November-June
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Namakkal district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Philippines, Himalaya
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rubus ellipticus. Downloaded on 3 July 2025.

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