Hawthorn

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Hawthorns
Fruit of four different species of Crataegus (clockwise from top left: C. coccinea, C. punctata, C. ambigua and C. douglasii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Amygdaloideae
Tribe:	Maleae
Subtribe:	Malinae
Genus:	Crataegus Tourn. ex L.
Type species
Crataegus rhipidophylla  Gand.

Crataegus (commonly called hawthorn) is a large genus of shrubs in the family Rosaceae. They are found in Europe, Asia and North America. The name hawthorn used to be used for the species found only in northern Europe but is now used for the entire genus. The same name is also used for the related Asian genus Rhaphiolepis.

Hawthorn are shrubs and small trees. They grow to 5-15 m tall and have small fruit. The fruit are called haws.

References

Other websites

• Photos of Chinese haw berries Archived 2006-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Medicinal uses of Hawthorn in Armenia
• Edible uses of hawthorns at Plants For A Future Archived 2006-04-23 at the Wayback Machine

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