The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae, and the fruit of these plants. There are more than 20 named species and many hybrids and cultivars. The most common strawberries grown commercially are cultivars of the Garden strawberry.  Strawberries are a valuable source of vitamin C.

Strawberries are often used to flavor other foods, such as ice cream. Apart from its interest as a dessert fruit, the strawberry draws interest due to the peculiarities of its structure, its tendency towards variation, and the gardener's success in exploiting this tendency.

One cup (144 g) of strawberries constitutes approximately 45 Calories (188 kJ) and is an excellent source of vitamin C and flavonoids.

(A strawberry is the fruit) of the genus Fragaria of the family Rosaceae (rose family), and has low herbaceous perennials with edible red fruits, native to temperate and mountainous tropical regions.  It has been cultivated sporadically since pre-Christian times but intensively only since the 15th cent. The common strawberry, grown in many varieties in both Europe and America, is believed to be indigenous to Chile and to the mountains of W North America, with the wild strawberry of E North America. Both species were introduced to Europe by New World explorers; the large French industry grew from a single common strawberry plant. In the United States the many growing regions harvest their crops in different seasons, from winter (Florida) to late spring (chiefly Michigan, Oregon, and Washington). Strawberries are sold fresh, frozen, or in preserves and are used in confectionery and for flavoring.

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Antioxidant Content:

6.88 mmol/100g

© 2002 The American Society for Nutritional Sciences J. Nutr. 132:461-471, 2002