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Arbutus unedo
English: Strawberry tree It is a shrub or a small tree.
Spanish: Madroño The average height is approximately 7 metres.
The colour of the bark is reddish.
The name unedo has the meaning that you
can eat only one of the fruits.
Leaves
The leaves are simple, Fruit
Leaves
Its fruit, also known as a
Flowers
The colour of the petals is pale
petiolate, decussate strawberry tree, is a spherical yellow like white.
and lanceolate. The berry of 1.5-2.5 cm in diametre, blade margin is serrate. soft and with a granulated
The flowers have detached petals.
surface. The flower is narrow.
without hairs and it goes from green to yellow and They are small globular bells.
coriaceus. orange and finally to dark red
The texture of the leaf is
and bright when it reaches
maturity, when it is edible.