Who discovered raspberries?

Answer 1

Nobody knows exactly who discovered raspberries.

Allegedly, raspberries were discovered in the 1st century BC by the Ancient Greeks, who spotted them growing on the slopes of Mount Ida in Turkey.

The Ancient Greek scientific name for raspberries is Rubus Idaeus.

However, the Greeks didn't actually eat raspberries very often, nor did they widely cultivate them agriculturally. Instead, the roots and blossoms were used to make eye ointments and teas for stomach aches.

Raspberries were not agriculturally cultivated until the Romans got their hands on them in the 4th century. The Romans were responsible for spreading raspberry cultivation across the globe.

So, in summary, raspberries were possibly discovered by Ancient Greeks, but there is no record of the name of the actual Greek to discover them. And they were not agriculturally cultivated or known to most of the world until the Romans spread knowledge of their existence by introducing them in the lands they conquered.