Nice catch of the wild strawberry!! Sir if I am not wrong then I have observed this plant in Eastern Himalaya also precisely in the Gangtok region.
Tanay On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Duchesnea indica (syn: Fragaria indica) from Kashmir, growing commonly in > forests and shaded slopes, photographed from Pahalgam on 24 June, 2010 and > Mohra on June 26, 2010. The fruits may trick you for real strawberry, but > only after eating you will know that they are tasteless. Three 3-toothed > each epicalyx can help you differentiate. Also the fruit size is smaller. Of > course yellow colour of flowers is another identifying feature. > > Common name: Mock strawberry, Indian strawberry, False strawberry, > Yellow-flowered strawberry > Chinese: She mei > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
