Crataegus orientalis

Crataegus orientalis
Crataegus orientalis subsp. orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Series:	Orientales Pojark.[1]
Species:	C. orientalis
Binomial name
Crataegus orientalis M.Bieb.
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.

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]

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.

Flowers of C. orientalis subsp. orientalis

Uses

Culinary uses

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

See also

• List of hawthorn species with yellow fruit
• Medicinal use of various Crataegus species

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Christensen, K.I. (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. 35: 1–199.
2. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17. 

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