The raspberry (plural, raspberries)'s the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the subgenus Idaeobatus of the genus Rubus; the name also applies to these plants themselves. The name originally referred to the European species Rubus idaeus (with red fruit) still used as its standard English name. Species Several species closely related in the subgenus Idaeobatus are now also called raspberries, including: Rubus arcticus (Arctic Raspberry) Rubus crataegifolius (Korean Raspberry) Rubu… (More on Raspberry)