Indian Strawberry Information

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Indian Strawberry Information
Indian Strawberry:
Duchesnea indica, small creeping perennial; to 6 in.
Leaves strawberry like.
Flowers yellow; 3 toothed bracts longer than petals and sepals.
Flowers April-July.
Strawberry-like fruits are insipid.
Where found: in yards, waste places, most anywhere..
Asian alien
Uses: In Asia, whole plant poultices or wash(astringent) used for abscesses, boils, 
burns, insect stings, eczema, ringworm, rheumatism, traumatic injuries. Whole plant tea 
used for laryngitis, coughs, lungs ailments. Flower tea traditionally used to stimulate 
blood circulation.

Peterson Field Guide, Eastern and Central Medicinal Plants page 96

In times of famine and during the Depression, This tastless berry  was used to strech 
the fruit content in berry pies. My granny had told me this.

Auntie Linda