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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.
Mespilus, commonly called medlar, is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae containing the single species Mespilus germanica of southwest Asia. It is also found in some countries in the Balkans, especially in Albanian, North Macedonian and Bulgarian regions, and in western parts of Caucasian Georgia.
Mespilus canescens, commonly known as Stern's medlar, [2] is a large shrub or small tree, recently discovered in Prairie County, Arkansas, United States, and formally named in 1990. It is a critically endangered endemic species, with only 25 plants known, all in one small (9 ha ) wood, now protected as the Konecny Grove Natural Area.
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]
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
It is graft-compatible with Mespilus (medlar) and with pear, [8] and makes a hardier rootstock than quince, but the thorny suckering habit of the hawthorn can be problematic. [ 7 ] Seedlings of Crataegus monogyna have been used to graft multiple species on the same trunk, such as pink hawthorn , pear tree and medlar, the result being trees ...
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
Medlar: Mespilus germanica: Southeast Europe to West Asia, occasionally naturalized in Britain: Fruit (in November), edible after being bletted for a few weeks [14] Bog-myrtle, sweet willow, Dutch myrtle, sweetgale Myrica gale: Parts of the northern hemisphere, including Japan, North Korea, Russia, Europe and North America