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Potentilla indica (Andr.) Wolf (Syn. Duchesnea fragarioides Sm.; Duchesnea fragiformis Smith; Duchesnea indica (Andr.) Focke; Duchesnea indica var. albicarpa Y.N.Lee; Duchesnea indica f. albocaput N.Naruhashi; Duchesnea indica var. major Makino; Duchesnea major (Makino) Makino; Duchesnea sundaica Miq.; Fragaria arguta Hook.fil.; Fragaria indica Andrews (ambiguous synonym); Fragaria malayana Roxb.; Fragaria nilagirica Zenk.; Fragaria roxburghii Wight & Arn.; Potentilla anemonefolia var. kleiniana (Wight & Arnott) M.Kitagawa; Potentilla denticulosa Ser.; Potentilla durandii Torr. & Gray; Potentilla fragariifolia Kl. ex Lehm. (ambiguous synonym); Potentilla gracilis Wall. ex Hook.fil. (ambiguous synonym); Potentilla indica f. albocaput (Naruh.) H.Ohashi; Potentilla indica var. major Makino; Potentilla khasiana C.B.Clarke ex B.K.Dixit & G.Panigrahi; Potentilla sundaica (Miq.) W.Theobald (ambiguous synonym); Potentilla trifida Lehm.);
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false strawberry, Indian strawberry, mock strawberry, yellow-flowered strawberry • Hindi: किफलिया kiphaliya • Manipuri: kakyenkhujin laba;
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Perennial spreading herb with long stolons; leaves trifoliate, hairy on both surfaces, leaflets obovate to rhombic-oblong, up to 4 cm long, margin serrate; flower 1.5-2 cm across, yellow; epicalyx 3-lobed at apex; petals oblong-obovate, slightly longer than sepals; carpels free, numerous; fruit fleshy, red, up to 1.5 cm across; Fruits are attractive but deceptive, being totally tasteless to eat.
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doo-KAY-nee-uh — named for A. N. Duchesne, 18th century French botanist
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India .
Native of: Asia; widely naturalized elsewhere; also cultivated
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– This also called false strawberry –Yes looking tempting but tasteless
Duchesnea indica – They are edible but almost tasteless – Correct but I’ve seen many times Arunachalee boys collecting them from the field. Its also a kind of fun for them. – It is interesting that Duchesnea indica is locally naturalized in Europe a is flowering sometimes also in Dezemeber of January,
Duchesnea indica from Morni hills, Haryana:
Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke, H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3):33. 1888 syn: Fragaria indica Andrews; Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th. Wolf Trailing herb common under forest shade and shaded slopes in Morni hills is characterized by strawberry-like leaves, yellow flowers and three-lobed bracts below the calyx; attractive red fruits resembling strawberry (for long plant was known as Fragaria indica) are, however, tasteless.
False strawberry or Indian Strawberry
Wild Strawberry for Botanical ID – 280711 – RK:
Wild Flower for ID – 110811 – RK: Duchesnea indica (Mock strawberry, Indian strawberry)
Rosaceae week: Duchesnea indica from Shimla: Angoor Khate hain
Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke, H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3):33. 1888
Syn: Fragaria indica Andrews Common names: false strawberry, Indian-strawberry, mock strawberry, yellow-flowered strawberry
Perennial spreading herb with long stolons; leaves trifoliate, hairy on both surfaces, leaflets obovate to rhombic-oblong, up to 4 cm long, margin serrate; flower 1.5-2 cm across, yellow; epicalyx 3-lobed at apex; petals oblong-obovate, slightly longer than sepals; carpels free, numerous; fruit fleshy, red, up to 1.5 cm across; Fruits are attractive but deceptive, being totally tasteless to eat.
Very Common in Kashmir valley in forest shade and wet slopes.
Rosaceae Week: Duchesnea indica_RKC01_03102011:
Duchesnea indica for you. Loc.: Yingkyong, Upper Siang district (ca 550msl), Arunachal Pradesh
Rosaceae Week :: Duchesnea indica … Manali:
Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke doo-KAY-nee-uh — named for A. N. Duchesne, 18th century French botanist
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India [image: Duchesnea indica]
Jun 3, 2008 at Manali, Himachal Pradesh commonly known as: false strawberry, Indian strawberry, mock strawberry, yellow-flowered strawberry • *Hindi*: किफलिया kiphaliya • *Manipuri*: kakyenkhujin laba
Native of: Asia; widely naturalized elsewhere; also cultivated
– [image: Yellow-flowered Strawberry]…
May 31, 2008 at Manali, Himachal Pradesh – [image: Indian Strawberry]… Jun 3, 2008 at Manali, Himachal Pradesh
Rosaceae Week: Duchesnea indica (Indian Strawberry):
Duchesnea indica Synonyms: Potentilla indica, Fragaria indica Common names: Indian strawberry, Mock strawberry Photographed in Nainital
Rosaceae week- Duchesnea indica:
Indian Wild Strawberry 10062012 SR-3:
Flowers and fruits may help but tentatively it is Duchesnea indica.
FRAGARIA INDICA:
Wild Plant For ID : Pahalgam : 221013 : AK-3 : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 3 authors.
Small wild plants growing on the lawn of a garden with tiny yellow flowers. Is this the Mock Strawberry as in FOI? Duchesnea indica Duchesnia indica syn fragaria indica
SYMBIOSIS : 516 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author.
Attaching an image of a Common Hedge Blue on the flower of Fragaria indica (syn Duchesnea indica). The plant is commonly known as Indian Strawberry.
SYMBIOSIS : 519 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author.
Attaching an image of a Pea Blue butterfly on the flowers of Fragaria indica (INDIAN STRAWBERRY)
Duchesnea indica ?? – at Sai Ropa – GHNP102 – Nov- PKA9 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Seen this creeping herb at the outskirts of Sai Ropa at GHNP. yes the Indian or non-eatable strawberry
i think it can be eaten though… not quite spectacular a s taste, yet a survival fruit/food.
ANDEC65 Which Potentilla sp.? : 10 posts by 7 authors. Attachments (2)
Mussoorie, Uttarakhand Very common tasteless strawberry.. Duchesnea indica … The plant is quite clear as Potentilla reptans Duchesnea indica sometimes also called Potentilla indica There is no doubt in … id as Duchesnea indica (Jacks.) Focke of Rosaceae. Seems to be Duchesnea indica. We have these aplenty here and to the best of my knowledge it’s as others pointed before me a Duchesnea indica or a Himalayan Strawberry. My daughter and I like eating them even if they are quite tasteless. There are fresh ones starting now. Here is one I saw today. Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP
31 March 2015
Attachments (1) very nice
is it still the red anthocyanin? i think so so what if it does not have acid or sugar love it Family: Rosaceae
Rosaceae Fortnight 1-14 Sep.2015: Duchesnea indica from Uttarakhand_DSR_Sep_6/6 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Duchesnea indica (Jacks.) Focke as mentioned in The Plant List 2013.
A common trailing herb in subtropical and temperate Uttarakhand.
Fruits are edible though not that tasty as looks in picture.
Photographed near Bhowali, Uttarakhand. A common species, fruits look tempting but almost tasteless…
Rosaceae Fortnight :: Duchesnea indica :: Naldehra & Manali :: DVSEP03 : 5 posts by 3 authors. 3 images.
Duchesnea indica (Jacks.) Focke
at Naldehra on May 31, 2008
at Manali on June 3, 2008 I have no words to express regarding images which are much more clear and contrasted. Your identification is cent percent correct as Duchesnea indica which is also naturally occurring in Darjeeling, Sikkim & Arunachal Pradesh. Thank you very much … for the appreciation, and for the validation.
Rosaceae Fortnight: Duchesnea indica from Morni hills, Haryana-GSSEP14/14 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke, H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3):33. 1888 syn: Fragaria indica Andrews; Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th. Wolf Trailing herb common under forest shade and shaded slopes in Morni hills is characterized by strawberry-like leaves, yellow flowers and three-lobed bracts below the calyx; attractive red fruits resembling strawberry (for long plant was known as Fragaria indica) are, however, tasteless.
Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke, H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3):33. 1888
syn: Fragaria indica Andrews; Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th. Wolf
Photographed from Kashmir
Rosaceae Fortnight- Duchesnea indica from Himachal-GSG34/Sept 2015 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
Duchesnea indica.
Rosaceae Fortnight : Duchesnea indica : Jim Corbett,Uttarakhand : 13SEP15 : AK-31 : 31/33 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)
Wild herb seen inside Jim Corbett with a tiny yellow flower.
Kindly validate.
Correctly identified. It is D.indica.
Seems to be Duchesnea indica (Syn Fragaria indica).
The plant for ID-PC-49-30.09.2015 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Here are two different plants …!! Thanks … for correcting my mistake and identifying both the plants.
Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)
Sharing some pictures of Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke shot in Surya Vinayak Bhaktapur Nepal on 11 September 2016 at 4600 ft. I also think matches with images at Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th.Wolf
Duchesnea indica : New Jersey : 03AUG19 : AK-7 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Seen growing wild in a garden with other plants during June, 2017. Kindly validate.
May be as per Duchesnea indica
I am not sure with these images.
I guess there is only one sp. So it could be the same.
Thanks for validating.     
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VoF Week: Flower for ID: This can be Fragaria sp.. Since petals are yellow and lobed epicalyx are lacking it should be Potentilla Could it be Potentilla reptans? Thanks …, but P. reptans would have 5 leaflets. Potentilla indica (Andr.) Wolf ?? Yes, matches with images at Duchesnea indica Thank you … Potentilla indica (Andr.) Wolf . Botanical Name: Duchesnea indica: 1 high res. image.
Habit: herb Location: Rajouri jandk
Date: 15-05-2021 .
Yes, common in Kashmir, looks like strawberry but not as sweet I can say it is tasteless…  . SK 2982 22 September 2021: 2 very high res. images. No distribution in Nepal as per POWO and Checklist of Nepal. I agree … but “Biodiversity in Karnali Province: Current Status and Conservation ” published by the “Karnali province Government of Nepal” in ‘Found and Expected list’ has enlisted Potentilla lancinata Cardot. How does this different from Duchesnea indica? It is Duchesnea indica only. Potentilla indica (Andr.) Wolf . Fragaria nubicola in Srinagar: 3 images. Not sure with these images. I had seen this link but on this page the link https://groups.google.
“With Indian F. vesca having mostly been identified as F. nubicola, I don’t think F. vesca occurs Himalayas. Not listed even in Himalyan List”
Hence I too called it F.nubicola.
I have very little knowledge of taxonomy myself.
I would be grateful for any corrections and clarifications
http://www.efloras.org/ Flowering images will help. I could not find any flowers as perhaps it is late October.
There were just the two or three berries on this plant. The key to Fragaria nubicola on Fragaria nubicola thread of efi is as below:
“As per efi thread: Appressed calyx lobes (almost touching fruit) are distinctive for F. nubicola (Stems and petioles are also appressed hairy) In F. vesca they are spreading as also stems and petioles are with spreading hairy” I am posting a photo of a berry of the above plant showing appressed calyx lobes touching fruit. This and … remarks that F.vesca does not occur in India would support my ID of the plant as F.nubicola. In view of its medicinal importance its cultivation and further research on its medicinal properties may be in order especially as the IIIM (Institute of Integrative Medicine) formerly RRL is barely a Km away from the field where it was growing wild. 1 image Am attaching two more photos of unripe fruits of F.nubicola. They are very difficult to see among the foliage but ripen very fast. I have myself seen a plant which I thought was devoid of berries bear several red berries the next day ! Finally found flowers and certainly my ID was wrong. Where are the flowering images? The flowering images and other details are in the new post ” Is it Potentilla indica?” Yes, Potentilla indica        Is it Potentilla indica ?: 7 images. Am posting photo of a herb which I think is Potentilla indica
Photos taken in last week of March and 2nd April
Habit: Hairy herb. Hairs sparse and appressed on upper surface of leaf. Sepals 10 in two whorls. Five sepals in outer whorl are three lobed. Five sepals in inner whorl are lanceolate and acuminate. Petals yellow. Fruit is a red berry resembling a strawberry but of insipid taste. Inner whorl of sepals appressed to fruit which led me to mistake it for the fruit of Fragaria nubicola
Kindly confirm if the ID is correct. Am reposting photos of fruits which I had wrongly posted in October last year as fruits of Fragaria nubicola as there were no flowers then. Wow!!!! Superb details!!! Yes, as per images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/26/potentilla-indica/ Yes, 3-lobed epicalyx and insipid fruit are very distinctive. .
Please ID this Strawberry: 4 images.
Found and photographed this wild Strawberry at Balutar colony, East Sikkim. Please id this Strawberry. Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th.Wolf
Syn Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke . References:
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