Arbutus unedo
Strawberry Tree










Very hardy to adverse conditions including coastal, heat, and cold. Small, white flowers in autumn and winter. Green fruit appear in winter after the flowers and take almost a full year to ripen. The fruit change color through yellow to red and ripen when the next year's autumn flowers appear. Birds love the fruit and the flowers are a good source of pollen for bees. Has peeling, red-brown bark.
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Taxonomy and Etymology
Family: Ericaceae, heath or heather family, a family of flowering herbs, shrubs, and trees.
Genus: Arbutus, arbutus (Latin, noun), meaning 'strawberry tree', in reference to Arbutus unedo. A genus of flowering plants.
Species: Arbutus unedo, unedō (Latin, noun), meaning 'strawberry tree', in reference to Arbutus unedo. There is a folk etymology of unedō by Pliny the Elder (AD 23/24 - 79) that it comes from the Latin numeral ūnum (one) and the verb edō (I eat), in supposed reference to the foul taste of the fruit so only one could be eaten at a time.
Common Name: Strawberry Tree
Other Common Name(s): Irish Strawberry Tree, Killarney Strawberry Tree, Cane Apple
Description and Features
Description: Very hardy to adverse conditions including coastal, heat, and cold. Small, white flowers in autumn and winter. Green fruit appear in winter after the flowers and take almost a full year to ripen. The fruit change color through yellow to red and ripen when the next year's autumn flowers appear. Birds love the fruit and the flowers are a good source of pollen for bees. Has peeling, red-brown bark.
Height: 4m
Width: 3m
Uses: Attracts birds, Attracts bees
Tolerates: Coastal
Soil Type: Dry soils
Winter Foliage: Evergreen
Origin: Exotic
Stem:
Summer: Red, Brown
Autumn: Red, Brown
Winter: Red, Brown
Spring: Red, Brown
Foliage:
Summer: Green
Autumn: Green
Winter: Green
Spring: Green
Flowers:
Summer: None
Autumn: White
Winter: White
Spring: None
Fruit:
Summer: Yellow, Orange, Red
Autumn: Orange, Red
Winter: Green
Spring: Yellow
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbutus_unedo
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Arbutus_unedo
https://treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/arbutus/arbutus-unedo/
https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=23629
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/1473/arbutus-unedo/details
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=279932
https://www.vdberk.co.uk/trees/arbutus-unedo/
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/arbutus-unedo/
https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/arbutus-unedo
https://selectree.calpoly.edu/tree-detail/177
https://www.ebben.nl/en/treeebb/arunedo-arbutus-unedo
https://www.gardenia.net/plant/arbutus-unedo-strawberry-tree
https://temperate.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Arbutus+unedo