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Mespilus germanica L.

Medlar

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Echte Mispel
English Medlar
Français Echte Mispel
Italiano Echte Mispel
Suomi Echte Mispel
Norsk Echte Mispel
Čeština Echte Mispel
Español Echte Mispel
Svenska Echte Mispel
Polski Echte Mispel
Український Echte Mispel
Român Echte Mispel
Русский Echte Mispel
Български Echte Mispel
EESTI Echte Mispel
日本語 Echte Mispel
Other names

Further information

InfoFlora
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Azerbaijan; Armenia; Georgia [Caucasus]; Northern Caucasus; Crimea; Ukraine; Turkmenistan; Turkey (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Cyprus (C-Mountains); European Turkey; Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Cyprus (I?); Bulgaria (I?); Albania [c]; Austria [I]; Liechtenstein [I]; Belgium [I]; Luxembourg [I]; Baleares [I]; England [I]; Corsica [I]; Crete [c]; Czech Republic [c]; Croatia [I]; France [I]; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin [I], Baden-Württemberg, Bayern [I], Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Greece [I]; Switzerland [I]; Liechtenstein [I]; Netherlands [I]; Spain [I]; Italy [I]; San Marino [I]; Portugal [I]; Macedonia [c]; Poland [c]; Romania [I]; Sardinia [I]; Sicily [I]; Malta [I]; Slovakia [I]; Slovenia [I]; Serbia & Kosovo [I]; Madeira [I]; Ecuador [I]; Channel Isl. [I]; Hungary [I]
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated
Swiss wood Rare in Switzerland

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Rosales
Family Rosaceae
Genus Mespilus
Species germanica
Author citation L.
Scientific name Mespilus germanica L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Medlar

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Medlar

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Thorns

Medlar

, Thorns , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Medlar

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Fruit

Medlar

, Fruit , ©Dennis Wilson

Medlar

, Fruit , ©Dennis Wilson