Plant with pumpking like leaves but with serrated edges

Hi, any idea of The name of this plant?
The leaves taste and look similar than cucurbirs. And inalso have noticed that it attrack lots of insects.

Are The leaves edible?

Looks like thimbleberry. Rubus Parviflorum

The articles that I have read suggest tasting sparingly to test for edibility.  Since you have tasted it, then I suspect it is edible.

If it is thimbleberry, Rubus Parviflorum as Robert suggests then yes it is  edible.

The fruit is a bright red, with a raspberry-like berry that can be eaten raw or cooked.  The leaves and young shoots can be eaten raw or cooked.

Hi Ronaldo, it would probably help if you put your general location in, so it would show up on your posts. i think i remember that you’re somewhere tropical, in which case it’s likely not thimbleberry, and most of our temperate guesses won’t be right. it looks like half a dozen things i know, but that are unlikely to be in your area. i’d be asking various locals if it’s edible before going too far down the route of eating.

I believe you may want to look at Balsa wood. The plant looks very malvaceous to me and similar to pictures of Balsa. Balsa is a tropical mallow tree of unknown edibility but no known hazards, according to Plants for a Future. https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Ochroma+pyramidale

I have no experience with the plant. My climate is too temperate.

Hi people, ive discovered something very crazy about this plant. First of all i would like to tell You all that i'm in The Amazon jungle in Perú. Ive forgot to mention.

Ok.  I was watching The plant and i was very curious why this plant attracts so many insects , specially when this plant doesnt has flowers and i realize all insects go to a particular part of The plant . They all go The edges of The plant.
All insects have a preference for The edges of The leaves.  So i was wondering , what on The edges of The leaves?
Why do The edges of The leaves attracts bees?
so watching The planta i realize Theres something in The spikes of The serrated edges . They are not convencional leaves. When The leaves are small The are redish with green edges . And when it grows The redish part become green. It seems that this border is producing some kind of food for insects. It's like if The leaves were a mix of leaves and flowers.

Please check The pics

extra-floral nectaries (places where nectar is made, outside of flowers) aren’t too uncommon in the plant world. plants and insects co-evolved in all sorts of fancy ways, and plants making extra bug-food is one of them. i expect it’s something like that.

Also, some mallows have a musky taste that may be similar to cucurbits and especially to Lagenaria. For instance, in my climate, velvetleaf mallow leaves and basswood / linden winter buds. We should be able to tell for sure when the flowers open up.

Many people consider tasting unidentified plants to be a very scary activity. So I’m wondering, how do you minimize the risks and feel safe enough to do this?

I usually put in My mouth a little place of a leave. Of nothing happenes i eat a little bit. Abd of nothing happenes k eat more.

M Ljin wrote:Also, some mallows have a musky taste that may be similar to cucurbits and especially to Lagenaria. For instance, in my climate, velvetleaf mallow leaves and basswood / linden winter buds. We should be able to tell for sure when the flowers open up.

Many people consider tasting unidentified plants to be a very scary activity. So I’m wondering, how do you minimize the risks and feel safe enough to do this?

Here are some updates of The plant.

It started producing yellow flowers and then seeds appeared all over The plant.

Something i noticed of that some day there were hard rains and both plant from My garden felt down.

So in was wondering , can this Maybe be one function of these plant. To create perturbations?