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Crataegus ambigua (Crataegus ambigua)

Description

Crataegus ambigua is a species of thorn (hawthorn) native to Western Asia and Eastern Europe, including Armenia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey.It grows as a shrub or tree up to about 12 m in height.The fruit is dark red to purple or black, with one or two stones (pyrenes). Crataegus ambigua is closely related to Crataegus songarica,a species that has black fruit.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Rosales

            • Family: Rosaceae

              • Genus: Crataegus