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Arbutus unedo (ericaceae), november - noviembre

[ENG] The srtawberry tree is a shrub of everlasting leaf of the family of the ericáceas, with alternate leaves, white flowers and red eatable fruit that lives about the Mediterranean region and in the part Europa's west. The fruit, named arbutus, they are berries of yellowish meat, they are late one year in maturing (the flowers coexist with the fruits in the same plant), they are yellow and acid up to reaching his maturity that are sweet and red. His consumption in big quantities is indigestible. The sugars transform partially in alcohol when they have matured in exces. They have uses pharmacological and ornamental.

 

[ESP] El madroño es un arbusto de hoja perenne de la familia de las ericáceas, con hojas alternas, flores blancas y fruto rojo comestible que habita alrededor de la región mediterránea y en la parte oeste de Europa. Los frutos, con el mismo nombre, son bayas de carne amarillenta, tardan un año en madurar (las flores conviven con los frutos en el mismo ejemplar), son amarillos y ácidos hasta alcanzar su madurez que son dulces y rojos. Su consumo en grandes cantidades es indigesto. Los azúcares se transforman parcialmente en alcohol cuando han madurado en exceso. Tienen usos farmacológicos y ornamentales.

 

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