Rosaceae FAMILY

Crataegus monogyna

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

5/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Crataegus monogyna is a thorny, deciduous shrub or a tree with a rounded head of dense branches gracefully pendulous at the ends; it usually grows 4 - 10 metres tall, occasionally reaching 12 metres[ 11 Title Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement. Publication Author Bean. W. Publisher Murray Year 1981 ISBN - Description A classic with a wealth of information on the plants, but poor on pictures. , 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. It is often grown as an ornamental in gardens, where it can be used to make an excellent thorny hedge.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, excluding Iceland and Russia; N. Africa - Morocco to Tunisia; W. Asia - Turkey, the Caucasus, the Levant, Syria, Iraq, Iran

HabitatWoods, hedges, thickets etc, on most soils except wet peat and poor acid sands[ 9 Title Edible and Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Launert. E. Publisher Hamlyn Year 1981 ISBN 0-600-37216-2 Description Covers plants in Europe. a drawing of each plant, quite a bit of interesting information. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Slopes of riverbanks, terraces, and gullies, among shrubs, deciduous forest edges; usually solitary[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].