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- | Ericaceae - syn. Arbutus serratifolia Salisb., Arbutus crispa Hoffm.; strawberry tree, **Westlicher Erdbeerbaum** | + | Arbutus unedo L. - Ericaceae - syn. Arbutus serratifolia Salisb., Arbutus crispa Hoffm.; strawberry tree, **Westlicher Erdbeerbaum** |
Beautiful Mediterranean evergreen shrub or tree, 2-3(-10)m, in culture usually 5m or less; bark red-brown; leaves alternate, oblong to obovate, tapering at both ends, serrate, dark shining green; flowers urn-shaped, greenish white to pinkish, about 6-8 mm long; terminal nodding panicles about 5 cm long; berry spherical, first green then yellow, scarlet when mature, warty, 1.5-2 cm across, " | Beautiful Mediterranean evergreen shrub or tree, 2-3(-10)m, in culture usually 5m or less; bark red-brown; leaves alternate, oblong to obovate, tapering at both ends, serrate, dark shining green; flowers urn-shaped, greenish white to pinkish, about 6-8 mm long; terminal nodding panicles about 5 cm long; berry spherical, first green then yellow, scarlet when mature, warty, 1.5-2 cm across, " | ||
- | Known as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens. | + | The bark, containing up to 45% tannin, is used to tan lether. [CRC] |
- | "The leaves of Arbutus unedo L. are used as a urinary antiseptic, against diabetes, | + | The main components of the volatiles of A. unedo fruits are alcohols, followed by aldehydes and esters. The main volatile compounds identified were (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol, |
- | an antidiarrheal adstringent, | + | [Volatile profile of Arbutus unedo L. fruits through ripening stage., Oliveira, I., de Pinho, P.G., Malheiro, R., Baptista, P., Pereira, J.A., Food Chemistry, 128(3), 2011, 667-673] |
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+ | "... fruits of A. unedo are rarely eaten as fresh fruit as despite their pleasing appearance, the taste is not much appreciated by the consumer. So far, they are generally used for obtaining alcoholic drinks (wines, liqueurs and brandies), jams, jellies and marmalades. They can also be incorporated into yoghurts either in pieces or as flavours and be used, like other berries in confectionery such as pie and pastry fillings, cereal products, among other applications... \\ | ||
+ | Strawberry tree honey is a known product of Mediterranean regions which is characterized for its “bitter taste”. Homogentisic acid (2, | ||
+ | [Arbutus unedo L.: Chemical and biological properties., | ||
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+ | The dried leaves of Arbutus unedo, (Arbutus unedo leaves, Arbute leaves, Folia Arbuti, Erdbeerbaumblätter) contain the phenolglucosides arbutin (3%) and methylarbutin. Also present are flavonolglucosides, | ||
+ | [Hager; CRC; Rimpler H, Pistor H, Z. Naturf. C, 29, (1974), 368] | ||
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+ | "The leaves of Arbutus unedo L. are used as a urinary antiseptic, against diabetes, an antidiarrheal adstringent, | ||
+ | [Identification of Phenolic Compounds and Antimicrobial Activity of Roots of Arbutus unedo L., M.A. Dib N. Djabou, H. Allali and B. Tabti, Asian Journal of Chemistry Vol. 22, No. 5 (2010), 4045-4053] | ||
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+ | [Scavenging capacity of strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) leaves on free radicals. Ivo Oliveira, Valentim Coelho, Raquel Baltasar, José Alberto Pereira, Paula Baptista, Food and Chemical Toxicology 47 (2009) 1507–1511] [[https:// | ||
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