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Arbutus unedo

Dunedin.<br>Photographer: John Barkla, Date taken: 11/05/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 08/04/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Dunedin.<br>Photographer: John Barkla, Date taken: 11/05/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

strawberry tree

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Red/Pink, White

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Authority

Arbutus unedo L.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1958

Origin

Mediterranean, W. Europe

Other information

Etymology

arbutus: Origen uncertain, some authorities derive the name from the Celtic arboise ‘rough-fruited’.