Editing Raspberry (section)

{{Short description|Edible fruit}}
{{other uses}}{{Distinguish|Rasberry (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2023}}
[[File:Raspberries (Rubus idaeus).jpg|thumb|Red-fruited raspberries]]
[[File:Fertődi kármin málna.JPG|thumb|European ''[[Rubus idaeus]]'' raspberry fruits on the plant]]
The '''raspberry''' is the edible fruit of several plant [[species]] in the [[genus]] ''[[Rubus]]'' of the [[Rosaceae|rose family]], most of which are in the [[subgenus]] ''[[Rubus#Modern classification|Idaeobatus]]''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lPi0enEj_PwC&pg=PA51 |page=51 |title=Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 32: Raspberry Breeding and Genetics |author=Jules Janick |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2011 |isbn=9780470593813 }}</ref> The name also applies to these plants themselves. Raspberries are [[perennial]] with [[woody plant|woody stems]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IIJIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA189 |page=189 |title=Handbook of the British Flora: A Description of Flowering Plants and Ferns Indigenous To, Or Naturalized In, the British Isles |author=George Bentham |publisher=Lovell Reeve |year=1858 }}</ref> 

World production of raspberries in 2022 was 947,852 [[tonne]]s, led by Russia with 22% of the total. Raspberries are cultivated across northern Europe and North America and are consumed in various ways, including as whole fruit and in [[Fruit preserves|preserves]], cakes, ice cream, and [[liqueur]]s.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Raspberry {{!}} Description, Fruit, Cultivation, Types, & Facts |author= |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=24 November 2023 |access-date=6 December 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/plant/raspberry }}</ref>