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Red raspberry is native to Europe and northern Asia, Russia (eastward to Eastern Siberia) and Central Asia (Tienschan).

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Rubus idaeus. In: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4053-2_65

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