Raspberry

The raspberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus of the rose family, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus. The name also applies to these plants themselves.

The fruit is not a berry in the botanical sense, but an aggregate of numerous small drupelets around a central core. The raspberry is a soft fruit, traditionally red when ripe, but there are black, purple, and golden varieties, among others.

The term "raspberry" can also refer to the plant itself, which is a woody, perennial plant typically growing to 1–2.5 m tall, sometimes scrambling through other plants or growing up into trees to a height of about 5 m by means of strong, arching stems.

In Hebrew, the raspberry is known as תות (tut). In French, it is called framboise, in Spanish frambuesa, in German Himbeere, and in Italian lampone.

Raspberries are grown in many parts of the world and have a typical "summer fruit" profile, with a sweet, slightly tart flavor. They are commonly used in desserts, jams, juices, and other culinary applications. The plants typically have biennial stems (canes) that are summer-growing and fruit-bearing (floricanes) and overwintering, with fruiting the following summer, or primocanes that grow in the summer and fruit the next year.