Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common medlar	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kanous	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
muşmula çekirdeği	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
کنوس	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mespilus germanica L. Sp. Pl.: 478 (1753).
Pyrus germanica Hook.f. Student. Fl. Brit. Isl.: 127 (1870).
Crataegus mespilus Jess. Deut. Excurs.-Fl.: 395 (1879).
Mespilus abortiva Mord.Laun. Bon Jard. 1808: 116 (1808).
Mespilus apyrena Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 6: n.° 2 (1826).
Mespilus calicina Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 107 (1812).
Mespilus communis Gueldenst. Reis. Russland 1: 419 (1787), nom. nud.
Mespilus domestica Gaterau Descr. Pl. Montauban: 92 (1789), nom. illeg.
Mespilus germanica var. abortiva (Mord.Laun.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 39 (1807).
Mespilus germanica f. apyrena (DC.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 240 (1949).
Mespilus germanica var. apyrena DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 435 (1805).
Mespilus germanica f. cylindrica Vesirischvili Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 21: 22 (1959).
Mespilus germanica var. diffusa Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 173 (1789).
Mespilus germanica var. gigantea G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 288 (1864).
Mespilus germanica f. globosa Vesirischvili Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 21: 22 (1959).
Mespilus germanica var. hortensis Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 446 (1811).
Mespilus germanica var. integrifolia Fed. & Al.Fed. Trudy Armyansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 2: 37 (1937).
Mespilus germanica f. macrocarpa (DC.) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 180 (1903).
Mespilus germanica var. macrocarpa DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 434 (1805).
Mespilus germanica maliformis Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 147 (1827).
Mespilus germanica f. obconica Vesirischvili Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 21: 22 (1959).
Mespilus germanica pyriformis Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 147 (1827).
Mespilus germanica var. sativa Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 566 (1821 publ. 1822).
Mespilus germanica var. serrulata Fed. & Al.Fed. Trudy Armyansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 2: 38 (1937).
Mespilus germanica var. stricta Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 172 (1789).
Mespilus germanica var. sylvestris (Mill.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 434 (1805).
Mespilus macrocarpa (DC.) Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 6: n.° 2 (1826).
Mespilus portentosa Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 6: n.° 3 (1826).
Mespilus pubescens Pohl Tent. Fl. Bohem. 2: 164 (1814).
Mespilus sylvestris Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: Mespilus n.° 1 (1768).
Mespilus vulgaris Gueldenst. Reis. Russland 1: 312 (1787), nom. nud.
Mespilus vulgaris Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 630 (1832).
Ostinia mespylus Clairv. Man. Herbor. Suisse: 162 (1811).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Crataegus germanica (L.) Kuntze	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Mespilus germanica	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Mespilus germanica L.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Pyrus germanica Hooker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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