Arbutus unedo, commonly known as strawberry tree, also called madrone, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Western Europe. The tree is well known for its fruits, the arbutus berry, which bear some resemblance to the strawberry, hence the common name strawberry tree.

2025年2月10日 · The strawberry tree fruit is the edible fruit of a Mediterranean shrub (Arbutus unedo). Strawberry tree fruits are the typical fruit that can be eaten on excursions in the forest, when looking for mushrooms , just like rose hips , juniper , or blackthorn , all of which are fruits of the autumn season.

The strawberry tree fruit looks like a lychee, tastes a bit like a sour peach, and has a rich history.

2024年1月3日 · The strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is a shrub that bears delicate, fragrant flowers and brightly colored fruits that are not strawberries, but bland-tasting, round fruits. The oblong leaves are shiny and dark, 2 to 4 inches long.

2018年10月9日 · Cooking with Strawberry Tree Fruit. The fruits of the strawberry tree can be eaten fresh or preserved in jams, liqueurs and syrups. The jam is excellent for filling whole wheat tarts prepared and the whole fruit adds a little extra oomph to cakes, biscuits and sweet buns.

Inside, the skin reveals a soft and grainy intense yellow pulp with a refreshing flavour that can be both sweet and sour. Strawberry trees yield autumnal and winter fruits that usually ripen between November and December.

2016年11月26日 · A. unedo flowers and fruit. Except for their bright red fruits and similar common names, the Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo) and the strawberry (Fragaria spp.) have nothing in common. This tree is valued as an ornamental broadleaf evergreen for gardens and it has a long history of appreciation in Western cultures.

Arbutus unedo, commonly called the Strawberry tree, is a big woody evergreen shrub or small tree. It is multi-stemmed with red-brown flaky bark and dark green leathery leaves. The flowers grow in drooping clusters of tiny white bells. The fruits are bright red with a rough pebbled surface.

The ripe fruits mature are granular looking, have no skin, are fleshy, rounded, 2-3 cm in diameter, bright red or orange on the outside and orangey-yellow on the inside. In Spain they use the phrase: "Redder than a strawberry tree". In winter, both flowers and ripe fruit are found on the strawberry tree at the same time.

2016年11月16日 · Fruit. Strawberry tree produces spherical fruits, about 2 cm in diameter, dark red, and tasty only when fully ripen in autumn. Fruits start out yellow and gradually change to red as they mature. The fruit takes 12 months to ripen and so the tree carries both mature fruit and flowers at the same time and is extremely beautiful at this time.