Crataegus pontica
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| Crataegus pontica | |
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| Here given as Crataegus azarolus var. pontica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subtribe: | Malinae |
| Genus: | Crataegus |
| Species: | C. pontica |
| Binomial name | |
| Crataegus pontica | |
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Crataegus pontica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae.[3][4] It is a hawthorn found in Turkey (including East Thrace), the South Caucasus, possibly Palestine and Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Central Asia. It is planted as a windbreak, and its yellow to orange fruit are made into marmalade, or dried and ground to be added as a flavoring to baking flour.[5]
