Rosaceae FAMILY

Crataegus orientalis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Crataegus orientalis is a thorny, deciduous shrub or a tree growing around 6 metres tall[ 1259 Title Revision of Crataegus Sect. Crataegus and Nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World Publication Systematic Botany Monographs Vol 35 June 1992 pp 1-199 Author Knud Ib Christensen Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/25027810 Publisher Year 1992 ISBN Description ]. The plant is commonly harvested from the wild for local use as a food - it is sold in local markets in Caucasia[ 1259 Title Revision of Crataegus Sect. Crataegus and Nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World Publication Systematic Botany Monographs Vol 35 June 1992 pp 1-199 Author Knud Ib Christensen Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/25027810 Publisher Year 1992 ISBN Description ]. It is sometimes cultivated for its edible fruit and is also grown as an ornamental, where it can be used to make a thorny hedge.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern Europe - Ukraine, Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, Greece; W. Asia - Turkey, Caucasus, western Iran

HabitatMountainous areas[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ]. Calcareous rocks, quartzite and other silecious rocks, in rocky places, steppe, meadows, along rivers, and in open forest; at elevations up to 2,150 metres[ 1259 Title Revision of Crataegus Sect. Crataegus and Nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World Publication Systematic Botany Monographs Vol 35 June 1992 pp 1-199 Author Knud Ib Christensen Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/25027810 Publisher Year 1992 ISBN Description ]