Crataegus orientalis
| Crataegus orientalis |
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| 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] |
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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.
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Crataegus orientalis 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. 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
Uses
Culinary uses
In Caucasia the fruits are either eaten raw or used to make a type of sweet bread.[1]
Medicinal uses
Antithrombotic effects of ethanol extract of Crataegus orientalis leaf "significantly inhibited carrageenan-induced mice tail thrombosis in vivo."[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Christensen, K.I. (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. 35: 1–199.
- ^ Arslan R, Bor Z, Bektas N, Meriçli AH, Ozturk Y. article in press 2010. Antithrombotic effects of ethanol extract of Crataegus orientalis in the carrageenan-induced mice tail thrombosis model. Thrombosis Research