An evergreen tree with a reddish trunk that is more or less covered in long, grayish scales, and has gray branches.
Curiosities
The strawberry tree has many uses, but perhaps the most well-known is the edible use of its fruits. They can be used to produce alcoholic beverages through fermentation.
| Height | Up to 6 m. |
| Leaves | Persistent, 3 to 8 cm, lanceolate, laurel-like, serrated or serrulate, glossy green on the upper side, dull on the underside. |
| Flowers/Fruit | The 7-10 mm fruit is a globose, tuberculate berry, red at maturity, with 5 polyspermous locules. |
| Climate/Habitat | Mixed forests in ravines and river gorges, and on slopes in holm oak or oak forests, from sea level up to 800 to 1200 m altitude. Sandy and well-drained soils. |
| Common Name | Strawberry |
| Scientific Name | Arbutus unedo |
| Genus | Arbutus |
| Family | Ericaceae |
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