Oriental Hawthorn

Crataegus orientalis

''Crataegus orientalis'', known as oriental hawthorn, 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.
Crataegus orientalis Crataegus orientalis,Fall,Geotagged,Jordan,Oriental Hawthorn

Naming

This species is highly variable. Knud Ib Christensen in his monograph divides it into four subspecies:
⤷  ''C. orientalis'' subsp. ''orientalis''
⤷  ''C. orientalis'' subsp. ''pojarkovae'' Byatt has orange fruit.
⤷  ''C. orientalis'' subsp. ''presliana'' K.I.Chr.
⤷  ''C. orientalis'' subsp. ''szovitsii'' K.I.Chr.
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Uses

In Caucasia the fruits are either eaten raw or used to make a type of sweet bread.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderRosales
FamilyRosaceae
GenusCrataegus
SpeciesC. orientalis
Photographed in
Israel
Jordan
Turkey