The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; Fragaria × ananassa) is a widely grown hybrid cultivated worldwide for its fruit. The genus Fragaria, the strawberries, is in the rose family, Rosaceae. … See more

Nutrition
Raw strawberries are 91% water, 8% carbohydrates, 1% protein, and contain negligible fat (table). A reference amount of 100 grams (3.5 oz) supplies 33 kilocalories, is a rich source of vitamin C (65% of the See more

Production
In 2022, world production of strawberries was 9.6 million tonnes, led by China with 35 percent of the total and the United States and Turkey as other significant producers. Due to the relatively fragile nature of the … See more

History and taxonomy
In Europe, until the 17th century cultivated plants were obtained by transplanting strawberries from the … See more

In culinary terms, a strawberry is an edible fruit. From a botanical point of view, it is not a berry but an aggregate accessory fruit, because the fleshy part is derived from the receptacle. Each apparent seed on the outside of the strawberry is actually an See more

Strawberries are often grouped according to their flowering habit. Traditionally in the Northern Hemisphere, this has consisted of a division between … See more

The Roman poet Ovid wrote that in the past Golden Age, people had lived on wild fruits such as mountain strawberries. Virgil wrote in his See more