Crataegus pubescens (Kunth) Steud.

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Chelinda Camp, staff area, Nyika National Park

Synonyms:	Crataegus mexicana Moç. & Sessé:
Common names:	Mexican hawthorn (English)
Description:	Small tree armed with scattered straight woody spines. Leaves alternate or apparently clustered on short lateral branchlets, elliptic to ovate, hairless, somewhat yellowish-green above with venation impressed, much paler, whitish velvety beneath with midrib prominent; margin irregularly toothed or sometimes slightly lobed; petiole and lower midrib beneath sometimes reddish. Inflorescences terminal; flowers ?white. Fruit subglobose to ellipsoid, up to c. 3 cm long, golden yellow, crowned by the persistent remains of the calyx.
Notes:	The La Rochelle list has C. stipulacea; this appears to equate to the f. stipulacea (Loud.) Stapf of C. pubescens.
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Worldwide distribution:	Native to Mexico and Central America.
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Literature:

Flora of Malawi: Crataegus pubescens
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Crataegus pubescens

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crataegus pubescens
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crataegus pubescens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crataegus pubescens
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crataegus pubescens
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iNaturalist: Crataegus pubescens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crataegus pubescens
JSTOR Plant Science: Crataegus pubescens
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crataegus pubescens
Plants of the World Online: Crataegus pubescens
Tropicos: Crataegus pubescens
Wikipedia: Crataegus pubescens