| Crataegus pinnatifida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Crataegus |
| Series: | Pinnatifidae (Zabel ex C.K.Schneid) Rehder[1] |
| Species: | C. pinnatifida |
| Binomial name | |
| Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge |
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Crataegus pinnatifida, also known as Chinese hawthorn or shānzhā (山楂 literally means "mountain hawthorn") in Chinese, refers to a small to a medium-sized tree as well as the fruit of the tree. The fruit is bright red, 1.5 inches in diameter.
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 Crataegus pinnatifida fruits |
Use
Culinary use
In northern Chinese cuisine, ripe Crataegus pinnatifida fruits are used in the dessert tanghulu. It is also used to make the traditional haw flakes.
Medicinal use
Recent research by Kao et al. has shown that the fruit of the tree has anti-tumor activities on skin, indicating a potential therapeutic use for skin cancer patients[2]. Several other species of hawthorn have medicinal uses; see also this section of the Crataegus page.
Notes
- ^ Phipps, J.B.; Robertson, K.R.; Smith, P.G.; Rohrer, J.R. (1990). A checklist of the subfamily Maloideae (Rosaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany. 68(10): 2209–2269.
- ^ Kao, Erl-Shyh et al. (2007). "Effects of polyphenols derived from fruit of Crataegus pinnatifida on cell transformation, dermal edema and skin tumor formation by phorbol ester application". Food and Chemical Toxicology (Elsevier) 45 (10): 1795–1804. doi:.
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