The fruit of a strawberry tree is nothing like a strawberry. The skin is made of small, fibrous scales which stick to the tongue and insinuate themselves into every crevice of one's mouth. The flesh is shot through with dozens of hard pips, its texture is mealy like cream of wheat, and the flavor is bland with a hint of sweetness. A strawberry has a very distinctive shape, but the strawberry tree's fruit is a droll spheroid. These enticing looking fruits must be useful for something, right? Well, be careful -- fermenting them produces a lot of wood alcohol, so it requires careful distillation to be safe. To top it off, the strawberry is not properly a berry, but if I'm reading things right, the fruit of a strawberry tree is. About the only thing they have in common is their red color, but thanks to internationalized agriculture, proper strawberries have almost entirely lost that characteristic in favor of a year-round supply.

But if you like those, you should try the berries of haw and ash. They're similar in texture, lack of flavor, and seediness, but their mouthfeel is significantly improved by the lack of scales.