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Crataegus cuneata (Chinese hawthorn)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Crataegus cuneata is a species of hawthorn known by the common names Chinese hawthorn (Chinese: 山楂; pinyin: Shan zha) or Japanese hawthorn. It is native to China, and is widely cultivated in Japan. It is used for bonsai. The fruit can be red or yellow.
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Infraspecies

Crataegus cuneata var. tangchungchangii

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Pollinators [2]  Midges
Scent [2]  The flowers have an unpleasant smell like decaying fish, though when freshly open they also have a pleasant balsamic undertone.
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  Wood - heavy, hard, tough, close-grained. Useful for making tool handles, mallets and other small items;
Height [2]  49 feet (15 m)
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Predators

Acleris cristana (Rufous-margined Button Moth)[3]
Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus (Indian wax scale)[4]
Lepidosaphes ulmi (apple oystershell scale)[4]
Pammene crataegicola[3]
Rhizomys pruinosus (hoary bamboo rat)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5The Biology of Rhizomys pruinosus, Longhui Xu, Acta Theriologica Sinica Vol. 4, No. 2 May, 1984 pp. 100-105
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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