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Mespilus germanica is apparently native only to southwest Asia and southeastern Europe, i.e. near the Black Sea coast and western Mediterranean, and Asia Minor, as well as the Caucasus and northern Iran, but it has an ancient history of cultivation and wild plants exist in a much wider area; it was grown by the ancient Greeks and Romans, beginning in the second century BC.
Mespilus germanica, known as the medlar or common medlar, is a large shrub or small tree in the rose family Rosaceae. When the genus Mespilus is included in the genus Crataegus, the correct name for this species is Crataegus germanica Kuntze. The fruit of this tree, also called medlar, has been cultivated since Roman times.
Eriobotrya japonica was formerly thought to be closely related to the genus Mespilus and is still sometimes mistakenly known as the Japanese medlar, which is the name it takes in other European languages, such as níspero japonés in Spanish or nespolo giapponese in Italian. It is also known as Japanese plum [7] and Chinese plum. [8]
Common medlar (Mespilus germanica), the origin of the term (called Mispel in many Germanic languages, mispeli in Finnish, nespolo in Italian, etc.) Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), widely traded under these names today, in particular in temperate countries; Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), often known by these terms in tropical countries in Latin America
Various fruits for sale at REMA 1000 grocery store in Tønsberg, ... Mespilus germanica: ... Prunus japonica: Japanese cherry:
Mespilus or medlars, a genus of plants; Mespilus canescens, Stern's medlar, a close relative of the cultivated medlar, in family Rosaceae; Crataegus azarolus, azarole or Mediterranean medlar, in family Rosaceae; Eriobotrya, a genus formerly included in Mespilus; Eriobotrya japonica, the Japanese medlar or loquat, formerly called Mespilus japonica
+ Crataegomespilus is the generic name applied to graft-chimeras between the genera Crataegus and Mespilus. It should not be confused with × Crataemespilus, which is applied to sexual hybrids between those genera, nor with Chamaemespilus which is a segregate genus or subgenus of Sorbus.
Mespilus laevigata Poir. Crataegus laevigata , known as the Midland hawthorn , [ 3 ] English hawthorn , [ 3 ] woodland hawthorn , [ 3 ] or mayflower , is a species of hawthorn native to western and central Europe, from Great Britain (where it is typically found in ancient woodland and old hedgerows [ 4 ] ) and Spain , east to Romania and Ukraine .