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Crataegus songarica
Crataegus songarica is a thorny tree or small shrub in the rose family, native to Central Asia, Xinjiang and the western Himalaya, valued for its black fruit. It is a hardy, undemanding hawthorn grown mainly in cold-winter gardens and arboreta.
Crataegus songarica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is an Asian hawthorn with black fruit that is sometimes used medicinally. It is closely related to Crataegus ambigua, a species that has red fruit.
The native range of the species covers much of Central Asia and Xinjiang. It grows on limestone or granite, at elevations of 800–2700 m.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crataegus songarica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
