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Dried raspberry leaf (Rubus idaeus), harvested and shade-dried for herbal tea and extract manufacturers, supplied in baled form for wholesale and export.
Rubus idaeus: Raspberry leaf is the dried leaf of the raspberry plant, a member of the Rosaceae family. Raspberry is a prickly shrub with a perennial root system and biennial canes; in Türkiye it grows above all in the cool, humid regions of the Black Sea and eastern Anatolia. In trade the leaf is handled separately from the fruit and is classified as a herbal drug in its own right.
Raspberry leaf is the dried form of the compound leaves of the raspberry plant. The leaves usually consist of three to five leaflets, have serrated margins and are covered with whitish hairs on the underside. The dried leaf has a mildly astringent, tea-like taste.
Both plants belong to the genus Rubus and their leaves are similar. The clearest distinguishing feature is the underside of the leaf: the underside of a raspberry leaf is distinctly whitish and hairy, whereas the underside of a blackberry leaf remains green. In the dried drug this difference becomes harder to judge as particle size decreases, so the separation is made at harvest and the two drugs are processed as separate lots.
Leaves are collected during the growing season, while healthy and free of spotting. They are dried in ventilated conditions away from direct sunlight to preserve colour. After drying, stems, prickles and foreign matter are separated; the leaves are sieved, graded and baled.
The main criteria are a preserved fresh green colour, a low stem and prickle ratio, absence of foreign matter and of other species, uniform particle size and controlled moisture content. Leaves dried in direct sunlight turn yellow, and lots containing spotted or mouldy leaves are not commercially accepted.
Raspberry leaf has long been among the plants consumed as an infusion in European and Anatolian folk practice. The information given here refers to traditional use and makes no claim of therapeutic effect. A healthcare professional should be consulted regarding the use of herbal products.
Organicure supplies and exports dried raspberry leaf in baled form, sourced by wild collection in the mountains of Anatolia. Please contact us regarding bulk supply, contract harvesting and regular shipment programmes for herbal tea producers, extract manufacturers and the cosmetics industry.