Crataegus pontica
Here given as Crataegus azarolus var. pontica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subtribe: Malinae
Genus: Crataegus
Species:
C. pontica
Binomial name
Crataegus pontica
Synonyms[2]
  • Crataegus aronia var. pontica (W.D.J.Koch) Zohary & Danin
  • Crataegus azarolus var. pontica (W.D.J.Koch) K.I.Chr.

Crataegus pontica is a species of hawthorn found in Turkey (including East Thrace), the South Caucasus, possibly Palestine and Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Central Asia.[2] It is planted as a windbreak, and its yellow to orange fruit are made into marmalade, or dried and ground to be added as a flavoring to baking flour.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 22: 269 (1853)
  2. 1 2 "Crataegus pontica K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Hanelt, Peter (2001). Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Except Ornamentals. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. p. 496. ISBN 978-3540410171.
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