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Chinese hawthorn
Chinese hawthorn
Crataegus pinnatifida
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 60 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
East Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Rare

About

Also called mountain hawthorn, this small tree produces clusters of bright red fruit prized in Chinese cuisine for candied hawthorn skewers (tanghulu). Its deeply lobed leaves and thorny branches distinguish it from other hawthorn species.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Crataegus
Species
Crataegus pinnatifida