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. |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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C. boissieri Willk. |
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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
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[edit] Uses
[edit] Culinary uses
In Caucasia the fruits are either eaten raw or used to make a type of sweet bread.[1]
[edit] Medicinal uses
Antithrombotic effects of ethanol extract of Crataegus orientalis leaf "significantly inhibited carrageenan-induced mice tail thrombosis in vivo."[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] 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
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