Arbutus andrachne

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Arbutus andrachne

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Genus Arbutus

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Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated


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Arbutus andrachne Linn. Ericaceae. STRAWBERRY TREE. East Mediterranean countries [1]. Its fruit was eaten during the Golden Age [2]. Don [3] says the fruit seems to be used in Greece.

  1. Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pls. 102. 1879.
  2. Ibid.
  3. Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pls. 3: 834. 1834.


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