Description Shrubby tree with laurel like evergreen leaves and warty red berry that looks like a strawberry. In immature oak woods and developing woodland, rocky place. Natural Distribution Native to South West Ireland especially near Killarney and in Mediterranean, believed to be relic from before last ice age. Propagation and growth Grown from seed.
Growth is slow at first and plants are tender.
Timber Pink fine grained and very hard. Uses of Wood None recorded. The strawberry like berries are edible but with unpleasant flavour although birds like them and spread the seeds.