The Strawberry Tree is a native tree of Western Europe, the Mediterranean Basin to be more precise.
This tree has become very popular in San Francisco. You can find one on nearly every street from the Excelsior district to the Haight to the Mission. Distinctively recognizable by its reddish trunk, similar to that of a Manzanita tree, and clusters of pink flowers in the shape of jellyfish. Its fruit is a grape-size ball with changing colors from green to yellow to red when ready to eat. The fruit is a favorite of birds. The tree fills completely with fruit, so much, that a lot of the fruit falls to the ground making sidewalks into a mess as people step on them when passing through. The fruit is edible, however, its weird taste allows you to eat only one. The tree in the picture below i found on Stanyan next to the Kezar Stadium parking lot. The tree of the two pictures below is located at a small park on Clay and Drumm Streets next to the poplars home of the wild parrots.
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