The Anglo-Saxon name is bremel . Its leaves resemble an elm tree. This powerful bush type plant has long, strong, arching stems that can be seen across large areas of the countryside. Branches are plum colored, covered with soft gray down and have long broad based prickles and thorns. The leaves are a rich green color, white and felt-like underneath with teeth shaped edges.
Flowers grow in groups called panicles and are rose colored.
The bramble fruit begins as red and ripens to rich purple. Its juice has been used since recorded time. The Palestinian bramble is our common blackberry bush. In the East Arabs used sickles to hack down the bramble for use as fuel. The leaves have been used similarly to those of raspberry canes, especially for their astringent properties.