Fragaria orientalis — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten raw. It is sweet and succulent, and approximately 5mm wide.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in mountains in northern China. It grows between 600-4,000 m above sea level.

Asia, China, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Siberia,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A strawberry like herb. The leaflets are small 1-5 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. They are hairy on both surfaces. The stalks are up to 1.5 cm long. The berry is 1.5 cm across. It is bright red.

How to Grow

Prefers a fertile, well-drained, moisture retentive soil in a sunny position. Tolerates semi-shade though fruit production will be reduced. Plants like a mulch of pine or spruce leaves. A vigorous plant, spreading quickly by means of runners. Plants flower freely with us, but have not as yet fruited at our Cornwall trial ground, possibly because they are all one clone.

Propagation: Sow seed in early spring in a greenhouse; germination can take four weeks or more. Seedlings are initially small and slow-growing before developing more quickly. Prick out into individual pots when large enough and plant out during summer. Divide runners preferably in July or August to allow plants to establish before the following year's crop, or move them the following spring — plants should not be allowed to fruit in their first year after a spring division. Runners can be planted directly into their permanent positions.

Medicinal Uses

None known

Other Uses

None known Special Uses

Wikipedia

Source ↗

Fragaria orientalis is a tetraploid species of wild strawberry native to E. Asia – Eastern Siberia. It is occasionally cultivated as a novelty edible.

Production

In China plants flower in May to July and fruit July to September.

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