arshba.ru

Order: Rosales;
Family: Rosaceae;
Genus: Rubus;
Species and synonyms: Raspberry (Rubus idaeus).

GBIF: Rubus idaeus L.

Raspberry (lat. Rubus idaeus) is a deciduous shrub with a perennial rhizome and biennial above-ground stems 1.5–2.5 m tall from the family Rosaceae, order Rosales. It grows in clearings, forests, shrubs, and along riverbanks; often cultivated in gardens. Raspberry fruits are eaten fresh, frozen, and used for jam, jelly, marmalade, juices, and fruit puree. Raspberry wines, cordials, tinctures, and liqueurs have high taste qualities. The leaves can serve as a tea substitute (they are crushed to release the juice, then dried on a stove). Russia is the world leader in raspberry cultivation.

In cooking, raspberries are used fresh, frozen, dried, as well as in the form of puree, jam, preserves, fruit butter, confiture, syrup, juice, compote, kissel, fruit drink, wine, cordial, tincture, liqueur, and vinegar. They are added to desserts (mousses, puddings, sambucas, soufflés, parfaits, trifles, sorbets, sherbets, ice cream, yogurts, cottage cheese, syrniki, casseroles), baked goods (pies, tarts, baskets, cookies, cakes, muffins, sponge cakes, rolls, croissants, donuts, charlottes, strudel), porridges, salads (fruit, vegetable), sauces (sweet, sweet-sour, spicy), glazes, and fillings (for pancakes, dumplings, pies). Raspberries pair well with chocolate, cream, sour cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, nuts (walnuts, almonds, cashews, pistachios), honey, maple syrup, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, mint, lemon, orange, red wine, and champagne.

Raspberries are rich in vitamins (C, A, E, K, B vitamins), folic acid, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, fiber, pectins, organic acids (salicylic, citric, malic, tartaric), flavonoids, anthocyanins, and tannins. In folk medicine, raspberries are used as an antipyretic, diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, hemostatic, astringent, diuretic, choleretic, antiemetic, analgesic, and general tonic agent for colds, flu, ARVI, bronchitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, stomatitis, gingivitis, gastritis, enteritis, colitis, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, dysentery, scurvy, anemia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, nephritis, skin diseases, for improving appetite, digestion, and metabolism.