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Taxon:  Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Teschem.



Summary
Genus:
Duchesnea
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Rosoideae
Tribe:
Potentilleae
Subtribe:
Potentillinae
Nomen number:
14736
Place of publication:
Hort. Reg. & Gard. Mag. 1:460. 1835 "Duchesnia"
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature (by J. Reveal, pers. comm. via e-mail on 26 Nov 2013)
Verified:
04/24/2015 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. Cheung, Siu-cheong & Ning-hon Li, eds. Chinese medicinal herbs of Hong Kong. 1978-
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
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  6. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  7. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  8. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  9. Foster, S. & J. A. Duke. A field guide to medicinal plants: Eastern/Central North America, 2nd ed. 2000
  10. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
  11. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  12. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  13. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
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  16. Kitagawa, M. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. 1979
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  20. Mabberley, D. J. 2002. Potentilla and Fragaria (Rosaceae) reunited. Telopea 9:798.
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  22. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
  23. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  24. Reveal, J. L. & B. Ertter. 2014. First valid place of publication of Duchesnea indica (Rosaceae: Potentilleae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 8:83-84.
  25. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
  26. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
  27. Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986
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Common names
English
false strawberry –
Indian-strawberry –
mock strawberry –
wild strawberry –
yellow-flower-strawberry –
Transcribed Chinese
she mei –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Liaoning]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan, Taiwan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Java, Lesser Sunda Islands], Philippines
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=14736. Accessed 15 December 2025.

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