Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Arbutus unedo L.
Family : ERICACEAE
Genus : Arbutus
Catalan common name : Alborçó. Arboç. Arbocer. Arbocera. Cirerer d´arboç. Llipoter.
Spanish common name : Madroñera. Madroño.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean
Flowering time : September. October. November. December.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Holm oak forest.
Uses and properties : Edible or foodstuffs.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : The strawberry tree is a bush that can grow into a tree. It is distinguishable for its reddish bark and its leaves with serrated margins. Its spherical fruits are also very characteristic; they are red when they are ripe and edible; the fruits take a year to ripen and coexist with the following year?s flowers. Flowering and fruition take place in autumn.
Observations : El nom d´unedo, procedeix del verb llatí edo: menjar i del numeral unus: un només; significa "menjar només un", per la fama que tenen els fruits d´emborratxar.
Origen : Regió mediterrània i Sud-oest d´Irlanda
Location on-campus UIB : Puntual a l'entrada principal de l'edifici Guillem Colom Casasnovas, al voltant de l'hivernacle, Son Lledó (front menjador central), etc.
