Strawberry (Mock Strawberry, Indian Strawberry)

Potentilla indica

The Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) not only looks similar to the Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) and is also related to it. Its fruits are edible but have little flavor.

False Strawberry
The Mock Strawberry is also known as Indian Strawberry and False Strawberry.

Popular names: Mock Strawberry, Indian Strawberry, False Strawberry, Yellow-Flower-Strawberry
Family: Rosaceae
Origin: Asia (East Asia, West Asia, India, Malaysia)
Edible: The berries are edible

Potentilla indica

Indian Strawberry

Categories: Berries |

More berries:

More species from the Rosaceae / rose family