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Crataegus pubescens
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, staff area, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, staff area, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, staff area, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, staff area, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, staff area, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, staff area, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Camp, staff area, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Crataegus mexicana Moç. & Sessé: |
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| Common names: | Mexican hawthorn (English) | |
| Description: | Small tree armed with scattered straight woody spines. Leaves alternate or apparently clustered on short lateral branchlets, elliptic to ovate, hairless, somewhat yellowish-green above with venation impressed, much paler, whitish velvety beneath with midrib prominent; margin irregularly toothed or sometimes slightly lobed; petiole and lower midrib beneath sometimes reddish. Inflorescences terminal; flowers ?white. Fruit subglobose to ellipsoid, up to c. 3 cm long, golden yellow, crowned by the persistent remains of the calyx. | |
| Notes: | This species was introduced around Chelinda camp, Nyika.The fruit is eaten by children as well as by bushbuck that frequent the camp area. The trees appear to have spread and have become somewhat naturalized. It is certainly not a problem species (yet) but its progress into the wild needs to be monitored. | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to Mexico and Central America. | |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 29 September 2018 | |
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Flora of Malawi: Crataegus pubescensFlora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Crataegus pubescens
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crataegus pubescensBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crataegus pubescens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crataegus pubescens
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crataegus pubescens
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Crataegus pubescens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crataegus pubescens
JSTOR Plant Science: Crataegus pubescens
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crataegus pubescens
Plants of the World Online: Crataegus pubescens
Tropicos: Crataegus pubescens
Wikipedia: Crataegus pubescens
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