Medlar
Crabapple like fruit used for preserves a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet acid taste.
Medlar tree
It is small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples.
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
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