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Originally Posted by petermcgain  Thanks for the tip! I've also heard the fruit is ok but rather bland and not an experiment worth repeating. Interestingly the tree appears to be native to both the Mediterranean AND South-west Ireland for reasons not entirely clear. |
Different species. Irish one is
Arbutus unedo, the Cypriot one is
Arbutus andrachne. The bark patternation varies in different species too.
Cheers,
Adam