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Raspberry leaf

Rubus idaeus

The cane you grow for fruit — the leaf is an astringent tea with a long midwifery folklore.

Flavor

Green tea, faint berry, a pleasant astringency — one of the easier herbal cups.

Symptoms

cramps, diarrhea, sore throat

In favor

A fruit crop and a tea crop

Against

Pregnancy tea is folklore, not a labor plan

Grow lab

Yes

Days to harvest

Leaf 40–60 days in spring; fruit the following summer on floricanes

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