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][3]

Crataegus orientalis
Crataegus orientalis subsp. orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
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.[3]

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. Vol. 35. American Society of Plant Taxonomists. ISBN 978-0-912861-35-7.
  2. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. Asheghi, M. Sajad (2022-03-01). "Phenotypic Diversity of Crataegus orientalis subsp. szovitsii (Pojark.) K.I.Chr. Population in Markazi Province, Iran". Erwerbs-Obstbau. 64 (1): 69–74. doi:10.1007/s10341-021-00605-2. ISSN 1439-0302.

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