Crataegus hupehensis Sarg.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Crataegus

Characteristics

Trees or shrubs, 3–5 m tall; branches sparsely thorny, sometimes unarmed. Branchlets purplish brown when young, grayish brown when old, terete, glabrous; buds purple, triangular-ovoid to ovoid, glabrous. Stipules caducous, lanceolate or falcate, 5–8 mm, herbaceous, margin glandular serrate, apex acuminate; petiole 3.5–5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade ovate or ovate-oblong, 4–9 × 4–7 cm, glabrous or only abaxially barbate in axils, base broadly cuneate or subrounded, margin crenate-serrate, with 2–4 pairs of shallow lobes at apical part; lobes ovate, apex shortly acuminate. Corymb 3–4 cm in diam., 7–9-flowered; peduncle glabrous; bracts caducous, linear-lanceolate, membranous. Pedicel 4–5 mm, glabrous. Flowers ca. 1 cm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, glabrous. Sepals triangular-ovate, 3–4 mm, margin entire, glabrous. Petals white, ovate, ca. 8 × 6 mm. Stamens 20. Ovary 5-loculed, with 2 ovules per locule; styles 5, white tomentose basally. Pome red, subglobose, ca. 2.5 cm in diam., punctate, glabrous; sepals persistent, reflexed; pyrenes 5, smooth on both inner sides. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 34*.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-5 m high. The small branches are thorny. The leaves are oval and 8-10 cm long by 5-8 cm wide. The base is rounded. There are teeth along the edge or slight lobes. The flowers are white and 1 cm across. They are at the ends of side shoots. The fruit are red and 2.5 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Temperate. It is native to central and western China. It grows in thickets on slopes between 500-2,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan.
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Thickets on slopes; at elevations from 500-2,000 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses food medicinal wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
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°) -30
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Crataegus hupehensis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Crataegus hupehensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:723537-1
WFO ID wfo-0000988510
COL ID Z837
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Crataegus hupehensis Crataegus hupehensis var. flavida