Medlar

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Medlar pome among leaves
Medlar pome among leaves

Crabapple like fruit used for preserves a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet acid taste.

Common medlar - Mespilus germanica Fruits of Common Medlar (Crataegus germanica) marketed as food in a greengrocery in Erzurum, Turkey.
Common medlar - Mespilus germanica

Medlar tree

It is small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples.

Medlar Cheese or jelly
Medlar Cheese or jelly

Geography

it is indigenous to Iran (Persia), southwest Asia and also southeastern Europe, especially the Black Sea coasts of Bulgaria and Turkey.

History

This tree has been known to an edible fruit bearing tree for over 3000 years.

Classification

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Order: Rosales
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Genus: Mespilus
  • Species:M. germanica

Medlar on Wikipedia

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Nutritional information on Medlar

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NB:Carbohydrate, by difference(total carbs-fiber) is also called net carbs

Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD