Crataegus cuneata Siebold & Zucc.

Japanese hawthorn (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Crataegus

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 1.5 m high. It spread 1.5 m wide. The young shoots are thorny. They are hairy and red. The leaves are egg shaped and smooth. They have lobes and are pale green above and slightly hairy underneath. The flowers are white. The fruit are red.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5
Mature height (meter) 8.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Temperate. It grows in valleys between 200-2,000 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 6-9. In Yunnan.
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Sunny places in upland wilds. Valleys, thickets and hills at elevations of 200-2000 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-8
Soil texture 1-5
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw. It is used for an edible red colouring.
Uses food medicinal rootstock wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Circulation (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Digestive (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Hernia (unspecified), Marasmus (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed. The seed need cold treatment. Plants can also be grafted.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 180 - 730
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment scarification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Crataegus cuneata unspecified picture

Distribution

Crataegus cuneata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:723209-1
WFO ID wfo-0001016146
COL ID Z7VY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Crataegus argyi Crataegus chantcha Mespilus cuneata Crataegus alnifolia Crataegus spathulata Crataegus stephanostyla Crataegus kulingensis Crataegus cuneata f. pleniflora Crataegus cuneata var. shangnanensis Crataegus cuneata var. cuneata Crataegus cuneata

Lower taxons

Crataegus cuneata var. tangchungchangii