Does Anyone Recognise This Shrub?

[Full Member]

I'm on the free Aire at Boulou, southwest France and have come across a shrub with an unusual fruit:



The fruit is about 1.5cm diameter and I'm confident isn't lychee!
Any help with this one would be greatly appreciated.

Colin ???

 

[Val54]

Not sure but if the fruits are turning red and the leaves have a serrated edge then it is probably Arbutus unedo, the strawberry tree.
Dave

 

[The laird]

I think it’s off the mandarinoooo tree

 

[Full Member]

Not sure but if the fruits are turning red and the leaves have a serrated edge then it is probably Arbutus unedo, the strawberry tree.
Dave

Thanks, Dave. I'll go and have a second look tomorrow. I'll also hide some fruit under Ed's (Ed on Toast) cereal. That should provide extra useful information.

Colin ???

 

[Val54]

I think they will be very tart until they ripen and turn red but they are edible when ripe......................I can feel the stomach cramps coming on ???

 

[Full Member]

I think they will be very tart until they ripen and turn red but they are edible when ripe......................I can feel the stomach cramps coming on ???

Don't worry about me, Dave.
It's Ed's stomach, Ed's cramps.

Colin ???

 

[Wully]

Looks like Tango fruit too me if edd starts acting funny like this then he’ll need the antidote 2 pints of Guinness

 

[pj palance]

I'm on the free Aire at Boulou, southwest France and have come across a shrub with an unusual fruit:

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The fruit is about 1.5cm diameter and I'm confident isn't lychee!
Any help with this one would be greatly appreciated.

Colin ???

they, that is the fruit, look like liechie or leechie,or i need glasses.or may be not lychee.well keep away from gums dig in best of luck .pj

 

[Jenrai]

Strawberry Tree

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Tiz a Tansy Colin.

 

[Full Member]

I had a second look at the shrub this morning. The leaves do have serrated edges as Dave (Val54) suggested. It also has next year's flower buds forming whilst this year's fruit is still ripening:




And the shrub really is quite attractive:



Thanks to everyone for helping me with this one. It's very much appreciated.
Oh..............and Ed has survived.

Colin ???

 

[Annabella]

And the shrub really is quite attractive:

Is the local talent that thin on the ground that you've started eyeing up the shrubbery Colin?

 

[Full Member]

On the contrary, Anne. There's lots of very attractive young ladies here-abouts.
Which reminds me.
I have some more books to pass on to you when I return to the UK.

Colin ???

 

[witzend]

Theres a free app available where you take a pic of plant and let app search I've it on my phone and it works well

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamsoa.gardenanswers&hl=en_GB

Here it is with Fruit and flowers from Portugal where a woman was picking them into a basket

 

[Deleted member 2520]

Its a Strawberry Tree for certain. I have one in the garden about nine feet tall.
Although its called a strawberry tree, the fruits only resemble strawberries.
Although edible much prefer the real thing.

 

[Pauljenny]

They make a firewater, Medronho, out of the ripe fruit, in Portugal.
I've been here 19 Winters and can only just tell the difference between a superb and a poor one..
After 2, it doesn't matter, anyway.