Fragaria

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Fragaria

Description

Herbs, mosdy with stolons. Leaves trifoliolate. Inflorescences cymose, few-flowered. Flowers 5-merous. Petals white. Stamens many. Fruits on enlarged, fleshy torus, forming a spurious fruit.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Central and South America present, northern temperate regions present
About 8 species, in Northern temperate regions and in Central and South America. Not indigenous in Malesia.

Citation

Kalkman 1968 – In: Blumea: 349