Citation: Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2,2:48 (1856).

Synonymy: C. azarolus L. var. sinaica (Boiss.)Lange, Rev. Crat. 52 (1897).

Common name: None

Description:
Large shrub to rounded tree, deciduous, often spiny; twigs and young growth sparsely pubescent, glabrescent; leaves obovate-cuneate with 3 or rarely 5 principal lobes often toothed at the apex, petiolate; stipules caducous.

Inflorescence a few-flowered corymb; sepals shortly triangular; petals obovate, white; stamens numerous; ovary inferior, styles 2.

Fruit a drupe-like pome with mealy flesh, globular, 1-2 cm diam., red or orange-red, with 2 or 3 bony endocarps.

	Crataegus sinaica
Image source: fig 236b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NL, SL.   Native to the Middle East. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: in early summer, Oct.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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