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Crataegus ambigua

Crataegus ambigua
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Series: Crataegus
Species: C. ambigua
Binomial name
Crataegus ambigua
A.K.Becker

Crataegus ambigua is a species of thorn (hawthorn) native to Western Asia and Eastern Europe, including Armenia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey. It grows as a shrub or tree up to about 12 m in height. The fruit is dark red to purple or black, with one or two stones (pyrenes).

Crataegus ambigua is closely related to Crataegus songarica, a species that has black fruit.

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