Crataegus orientalis

Crataegus orientalis, known as oriental hawthorn,[2] is a species of hawthorn native to the Mediterranean region, Turkey, Caucasia, Crimea, and western Iran, with fruits that are orange or various shades of red.[1]

Crataegus orientalis
Crataegus orientalis subsp. orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Crataegus
Series:
Orientales

Species:
C. orientalis
Binomial name
Crataegus orientalis
Synonyms[1]

C. boissieri Willk.
C. × destefani Lojac.
C. eriocarpa Pomel
C. odoratissima Hornem.
C. pojarkovae Kossych
C. pubescens C.Presl non Steud.
C. pycnoloba var. parnassica Diapulis
C. sanguinea Schrad. non Pall.
C. sericella Pojark.
C. szovitsii Pojark.
C. tournefortii Griseb.

This species is highly variable. Knud Ib Christensen in his monograph[1] divides it into four subspecies:

  • C. orientalis subsp. orientalis
  • C. orientalis subsp. pojarkovae (Kossych) Byatt has orange fruit.[1]
  • C. orientalis subsp. presliana K.I.Chr.
  • C. orientalis subsp. szovitsii (Pojarkova) K.I.Chr.

Uses

Culinary uses

In Caucasia the fruits are either eaten raw or used to make a type of sweet bread.[1]

Flowers of C. orientalis subsp. orientalis

See also

References
  1. Christensen, Knud Ib (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. 35. American Society of Plant Taxonomists. ISBN 978-0-912861-35-7.
  2. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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