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Aria umbellata, the umbellate whitebeam, is a species of tree in the family Rosaceae native to the region from southeastern Europe to the Caucasus.
It is native to Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (including Crete), Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Romania, Turkey, the Transcaucasus, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia, where it occurs on rocky terrain, stony mountain slopes, in cliffs, forest margins, and in woodland.
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant, but it is uncommon in cultivation. It is an ornamental tree with attractive fruits and a rounded crown. The wood is used for tool handles.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aria umbellata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
