Plant Details

Accepted name:: Crataegus azarolus L. [Rosaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 4

Crataegus azarolus var. aronia L.

Crataegus azarolus var. azarolus

Crataegus azarolus var. chlorocarpa (Moris) K.I.Chr.

Crataegus azarolus var. senobaaensis Dönmez

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
azarole	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
azarolhagtorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
crataegi extracta fluida	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
crataegi folium cum flore	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
crataegus azarolus whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
cratego	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
hawthorn leaf and flower	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
mediterranean medlar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mediterranean-medlar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
mosfilia	Other	Wild Edible Pl. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
mosfyliá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
welch medlar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yellow zaaroor	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
zarour	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
zālzālak	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
μοσφιλιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
الأصفر	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
الزعرور	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
زالزالک	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
زعرور	Other	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
نبق	Other	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering branch		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Fruit		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fruit		Wild Edible Pl. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
flower, leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
flower, leaf, fruit		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
flowers, fruits		Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
ramos floridos	extrato fluido	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
flower, branch	whole or cut flower, dried, flower-bearing branches	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
branch	whole or cut, dried flower-bearing branch	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
flowering branch, leaf, flower	dried flowering branches with leaves and flowers	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
flowering branch	Whole or cut, dried flower-bearing branches	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Crataegus oxyacantha var. azarolus (L.) Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 484 (1779).
Mespilus azarolus (L.) Duhamel Traité Arbr. Fruit. 1: 323 (1768).
Oxyacantha azarolus (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 578 (1899).
Pyrus azarolus (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 347 (1771).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Crataegus azarolus	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)
Crataegus azarolus L.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) European Red List of Medicinal Pl. (Allen et al., 2014) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Wild Edible Pl. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cratagus azarolus	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

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