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Chinese Hawthorn🌸
Crataegus cuneata
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A deciduous shrub in the rose family, native to south-central China. Introduced to Japan in 1734 as a medicinal tree at the Koishikawa Medicinal Garden. The small red fruit is used as traditional medicine, dried fruit, and in Chinese confections.
Identification Points
- ✓Deciduous shrub with thorny branches
- ✓Leaves 3–5 lobed; autumn color
- ✓Red, spherical fruit about 1 cm in diameter
Habitat
Gardens, bonsai
Season
May (flowers), October (fruit)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf shape
Palmate
Growth form
Shrub
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Flower color
White
Habitat
Cultivated
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Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Rosales > Rosaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous (approx. 90 million years ago onward)
Sources & References
📖Wikipedia 日本語版↗
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