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olderthanIusedtobe Member


Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 6499 | TRs Location: Shoreline
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I've been seeing these for years around my neighborhood, never knew what they were. A couple minutes of googling gave me an answer. They are edible apparently. Might have to try one next time I'm out walking. Doesn't seem like anyone harvests them, just see a bunch of them fallen to the ground. They are really soft and squish easily.
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olderthanIusedtobe Member


Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 6499 | TRs Location: Shoreline
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I tried it. Very mild flavor, not much to it. A little sweet. Not an instant favorite, but I've been curious about those for years. Now I know. |
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neek Member


Joined: 12 Sep 2011 Posts: 835 | TRs Location: Seattle, WA
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My wife and I were just wondering this on a walk a few days ago. Thanks for the report, I'll have to try some. "...overripe fruit ferments on the branch and can cause mild intoxication" - maybe a supplemental report is in order?
Apparently there are other Strawberry Trees - Arbutus menziesii (madrona) and Muntingia calabura in addition to your Arbutus unedo. All reportedly edible. None sound as tasty as the Ugni molinae (Chilean Guava) I'm growing here though. |
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olderthanIusedtobe Member


Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 6499 | TRs Location: Shoreline
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Either they weren't fermented, or I needed a bigger dosage. No intoxication to report here. |
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks


Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 6559 | TRs Location: Stuck in the middle
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We have one in our front yard. I noticed there was some fruit on it for the first time today, way before I read this thread. Small world. I'll try the fruit tomorrow.
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Brockton Member


Joined: 02 Aug 2012 Posts: 224 | TRs Location: West Seattle
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neek wrote: |
None sound as tasty as the Ugni molinae (Chilean Guava) I'm growing here though. |
I had a Chilean guava growing in my yard for a couple of years, until it died in the cold one winter. I found the fruit a little mealy but it had a neat bubblegum-like flavor.
Although one of its common names is "strawberry myrtle", the Chilean guava is from a different family (Myrtaceae - myrtle family) than the "strawberry tree" discussed above, which in the Ericaceae (the heath family, which includes blueberries, huckleberry, rhododendron, salal and madrone, among other local plants). |
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IanB Vegetable Belayer


Joined: 21 Jul 2010 Posts: 961 | TRs Location: gone whuljin'
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