Blackberry Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus), the Himalayan or Armenian blackberry, is a vigorous perennial bramble of the rose family, Rosaceae, native to Armenia and northern Iran and now the dominant wild blackberry of the Pacific Northwest, California, and western Europe, where it was introduced as a fruit crop in the 1880s and escaped. Its thick, ridged, arching canes grow 3 to 6 meters in a season, armed with stout curved thorns, rooting wherever the tips touch soil and forming impenetrable thickets. The leaves have five rounded leaflets, the flowers are white to pale pink, and the fruit is large, glossy black, sweet, and heavy with juice. We extract the dried root.