Crataegus mexicana Moc. & Sessé ex Dc.

Manzanita tejocotera (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Crataegus

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 4-6 m tall.
Life form
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It can be in mixed forests and cloud forests.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses eating fodder food medicinal rootstock
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Diuretic (unspecified), Cough (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 -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Fruit

Crataegus mexicana fruit picture by Víquez Carazo Manuel (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Crataegus mexicana world distribution map, present in Guatemala, Mexico, and El Salvador

Conservation status

Crataegus mexicana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:723791-1
WFO ID wfo-0001018418
COL ID 6BB5Z
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Crataegus mexicana

Lower taxons

Crataegus mexicana 'Calpan Gold' Crataegus mexicana 'Centenario' Crataegus mexicana 'Chapeado' Crataegus mexicana 'Eli' Crataegus mexicana 'Tempranero'