Plant Details

Accepted name:: Crataegus azarolus L. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Crataegus azarolus var. aronia L.

Crataegus azarolus var. azarolus

Crataegus azarolus var. chlorocarpa (Moris) K.I.Chr.

Crataegus azarolus var. senobaaensis Dönmez

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
azarole	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
azarolhagtorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
crataegi folium cum flore	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
cratego	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
hawthorn leaf and flower	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
mediterranean medlar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mediterranean-medlar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mosfilia	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
mosfyliá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
welch medlar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yellow zaaroor	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
zarour	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
zālzālak	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
μοσφιλιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
الأصفر	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
الزعرور	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
زالزالک	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
زعرور	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering branch		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fruit		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
flower & leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
flower, leaf, fruit		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
flower, branch	whole or cut flower, dried, flower-bearing branches	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
branch	whole or cut, dried flower-bearing branch	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
flowering branch, leaf, flower	dried flowering branches with leaves and flowers	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
flowering branch	Whole or cut, dried flower-bearing branches	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Crataegus oxyacantha var. azarolus (L.) Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 484 (1779).
Mespilus azarolus (L.) Duhamel Traité Arbr. Fruit. 1: 323 (1768).
Oxyacantha azarolus (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 578 (1899).
Pyrus azarolus (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 347 (1771).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Crataegus azarolus L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cratagus azarolus	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Crataegus azarolus L.

British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002)
Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Cratagus azarolus

Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

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