Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Aarbei, Strawberry, Amaqunube

Family: Rosaceae (Rose)

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Comments: Strawberry fruit are eaten raw or used in making juice, desserts, jam, syrup and wine. Leaves are used in blended herbal teas. Leaves and roots are believed to have medicinal benefits in terms of easing diarrhoea, digestive upsets and gout. The fruit juice is evidently used externally to counteract sunburn, skin blemishes and discoloured teeth.