Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Rosales > Rosaceae > Crataegus azarolus > Crataegus azarolus var. aronia

Crataegus azarolus var. aronia

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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Pollinators [1]  Midges
Scent [1]  The flowers have an unpleasant smell like decaying fish, though when freshly open they also have a pleasant balsamic undertone.
Structure [1]  Tree
Usage [1]  Wood - heavy, close-grained, hard and tough. Used for tool handles etc;
Height [1]  20 feet (6 m)
Width [1]  20 feet (6 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Crataegus azarolus var. aronia

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Monti Sicani, Rocca Busambra e Bosco della Ficuzza 144567 Italy  
Parco delle Madonie 100967 Italy  

Predators

Pulvinaria vitis (cottony vine scale)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0