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Crataegus monogyna Jacq.

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Trees or shrubs up to 10 m. Twigs glabrous rarely villose. Thorny or thornless, thorns up to 25 (-70) mm. Buds 1.1–2.8 × 1.1–2.5 mm. Leaves ±coriaceous, ±greyish below, glabrous to villose or villose on veins beneath, attenuate to widely cuneate at base, lobes obtuse to acute, entire to incised serrate at margin. Subterminal leaf blades of flowering shoots 10–35 (-57) × 8–30 (-60) mm, lobes (0-) 1–2 (-3) pairs, basal sinuses close to midvein, angles of basal vein at or wider than 45°, rarely narrower, basal lobes entire or with 2–4 (-9) serrate teeth in distal 1/2 to 3/4, petiole (1-) 5–15 (-30) mm; stipules (1-) 3–10 (-16) × 0.2–0.4 mm, entire or irregularly glandular serrate with 1–5 (-8) teeth. Subterminal leaf blades of short shoots (10-) 15–35 (-57) × (8-) 15–30 (-55) mm, lobes (0-) 1–2 (-3) pairs, basal sinuses reach to half lamina or close to midvein, lobes entire or with (2-) 4–8 (-14) teeth in the distal 1/3 to 1/8, petiole 5–15 (-45) mm, stipules undeveloped or (1-) 2–3 mm, entire or with 2–4 teeth. Middle leaf blades of elongate shoots 20–40 (-60) × 20–40 (-65) mm, 2–3 (-4) pairs, basal lobes with (0-) 3–5 (-16) teeth in distal 1/4 to 1/8, petiole (6-) 10–20 (-25) mm; stipules (4-) 8–15 (-20) × 2–4 (-8) mm, entire or irregularly serrate with 2–10 (-35) teeth. Inflorescence (10-) 15–35 (-50) × 15–45 mm, corymbose, lax, (5-) 8–15 (-20) flowered, glabrous to villose, pedicels 4–10 (-32) mm, bracts 0.5–8 (-10) × 0.1–0.5 mm, deciduous, linear-lanceolate, entire or denticulate with 1–4 teeth. Flowers (5-) 8–12 mm in diameter; hypanthium 2–4 × 2–3 mm; sepals 1.2–4 × 1.2–2.6 mm, widely triangular margin entire, acute or obtuse; petals (3-) 4–5 (-7) × 4–6 (-7) mm; stamens (15-) 18–20, anthers maroon; styles 1. Fruit 5–11 × 4–7 (-10) mm, globose to cylindrical, red to dark red, rarely orange, glabrous or sparsely villose, flesh yellowish, juicy to mealy, sepals recurved at maturity; pyrenes 4–6 (-9) × 3–5 (-8) mm, 1 (-2), dorsally and ventro-laterally entire or striate, hypostyle glabrous.
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Dönmez A, Özderin S (2019) Additional contributions to taxonomy, nomenclature and biogeography of the Turkish Crataegus (Rosaceae) taxa 3 122: 1–13
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Crataegus monogyna ( Asturian )

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La espinera (Crataegus monogyna Jac.) ye un árbol planicaducifoliu presente n'Asturies de forma natural perteneciente a la famila de las Rosaceae.

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Crataegus monogyna

Etimoloxía

"Crataegus" provién del griegu "kratos" y significa "fuerte", probablemente faciendo referencia a la so madera. " Monogyna ", de "mono" = uno y "gynos" = pistilu, tocántenes a que tien un únicu estilu en cada flor.

N'asturianu recibe una bona riestra de nomes como aguaspineiru, biesca, espín, mayombal, prunera, corona de Cristu, escayu blancu, espineira, espinu, espinu cambrión, etc. que dan una bayura de topónimos estraordinaria.


Descripción y ecoloxía

La espinera llega midir d'ente 2 a 8 m d'altor y presenta una groma arredondiao. La fueya ye simple, peciolada, de llimbru tiangular y fondamente lobulada -con ente 1, 2 ó 3 segmentos-. Son percarauterístiques les flores a mou d'umbela. Florez d'iviernu a primavera danto unos frutos coloraos llamaos prunel en forma de recimu. Tienen un tastu dulce, anque son farinosos y daqué astrinxentes. Los sinónimos de prunel son abondosos: garamitu, mantequinos, mayuelu, peruya, aguaspín, etc.

Magar que tien indiferencia edáfica, amuesa cierta preferencia polos suelos básicos. Ye especie que suel formar xebes en terrenos llentos, allugándose ente los 150 m a los 1.700 m d'altitú. Ye mui carauterísticu nos mayaos de la Sierra del Sueve, La Pena L'Aramo, Sierra del Cuera, etc.

Etnobotánica

Los pruneles consumiéronse dende l'antigüedá, sobremanera en tiempos de fame, anque anguaño nun son mui conocíos pol so tamañu y tastu. Les flores sirven pa facer floritos, destacando por poseyer propiedaes tóniques, sedantes y cardiotóniques. D'otra miente, ye especie emplegada como patrón pa inxertar dellos frutales como la peral (Pyrus communis L.), el cadapanal (Mespilus germanica L.), etc.

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Crataegus monogyna: Brief Summary ( Asturian )

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La espinera (Crataegus monogyna Jac.) ye un árbol planicaducifoliu presente n'Asturies de forma natural perteneciente a la famila de las Rosaceae.

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