Rosaceae FAMILY

Fragaria nubicola

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fragaria nubicola is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a rosette of leaves from a central rootstock; the plant can grow 4 - 25cm tall, spreading freely by means of stolons to form a colony]266]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayas from Afghanistan, Pakistan, western China, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar

HabitatOpen grassland; at elevations from 1,600 - 4,000 metres in Nepal[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ]. Meadows on mountain slopes, forests in valleys and forest edge; at elevations from 2,500 - 3,900 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].