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Duchesnea indica (Indian strawberry)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Rosales > Family: Rosaceae

Duchesnea indica (Indian strawberry)

Duchesnea indica (Indian strawberry). [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Duchesnea indica (Indian strawberry)
Duchesnea indica (Indian strawberry) Duchesnea indica (Indian strawberry)

Duchesnea indica (Indian strawberry), La Rochelle, Zimbabwe. [photos Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

The 6 species are native to the Indo-Malayan region, China and Japan. The Indian Strawberry Duchesnea indica has become naturalised in southern Africa. 

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