Details for: NA 64654, Crataegus mexicana DC., tejocote


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Crataegus mexicana DC.
Top Name:
tejocote
Origin:
Collected – Puebla, Mexico
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
30 Nov 1994
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Crataegus mexicana DC.
Top Name:
tejocote
Origin:
Collected – Puebla, Mexico
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
30 Nov 1994
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
16 November 1994.
Puebla, Mexico
Locality: Mpio. San Pedro Cholula. San Pedro Cholula.
Coordinates: 19.0500, -98.3000 (Map it)
Elevation: 2250m.
Environment description: Purchased from vendor in Cholula market, from trees in Sta. Ma. Zacatepec, Puebla.
Comment: Trees ready for harvest now.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
tejocote
Type: Local name

1305
Type: Collector identifier
Williams, David E. USDA, ARS

NA 64654
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

CCRA 225
Type: Inventory

Narrative
Fruits orange-yellow, 4-5cm in diameter, flesh sweet and somewhat mealy, containing 3 large seeds. Fruits are primary ingredient for the seasonal hot, sweet punch known as "tequin".
Crataegus mexicana DC.
Genus:
Crataegus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:

12119
Place of publication:

Prodr. 2:629. 1825
Verified:
10/04/1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Crataegus pubescens Steud. f. stipulacea Stapf
Crataegus stipulosa (Kunth) Steud.
Mespilus stipulosa Kunth

Invalid Designation(s)
Crataegus pubescens auct.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishMexican hawthorn as Crataegus pubescens1Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 Note: = Crataegus pubescens
Spanishmanzanita tejocotera  2Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
Spanishtejocote  2Phipps, J. B. 1997. Monograph of northern Mexican Crataegus (Rosaceae, subfam. Maloideae). Sida, Bot. Misc. 15:1-94. Note: lists as Crataegus mexicana Moç. & Sessé
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 04 Oct 1999, from Crataegus pubescens auct. to Crataegus mexicana DC.
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