Taxon: Crataegus mexicana DC.

Summary

Genus:

Crataegus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

12119

Place of publication:

Prodr. 2:629. 1825

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/153935

Verified:

10/04/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

21 (4 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

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.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976-. Flora of Libya.
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) Note: = Crataegus pubescens f. stipulacea (Loudon) Stapf
Longar-Blanco, M. P. et al. 2004. Preliminary study of Mexican germplasm used as rootstock and for fruit production in central Mexico. Acta Hort. 658:651-653. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.658.99.
Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 Note: = Crataegus pubescens
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Núñez-Colín, C. A. & D. I. Sánchez-Vidaña. 2011. Ethnobotanical, cultural and agricultural uses of tejocote (Crataegus species) in Mexico. Acta Hort. 918:901-910. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.918.118.
Núñez-Colín, C. A. et al. 2008. Variability of three regional sources of germplasm of tejocote (Crataegus species) from central and southern Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:1159-1165. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9316-z.
Núñez-Colín, C. A. 2009. The tejocote (Crataegus species): a Mexican plant genetic resource that is wasted, a review. Acta Hort. 806:339-346. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.806.42.
Phipps, J. B. 1997. Monograph of northern Mexican Crataegus (Rosaceae, subfam. Maloideae). Sida, Bot. Misc. 15:1-94. Note: lists as Crataegus mexicana Moç. & Sessé
Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
Rzedowski, J. & R. McVaugh. 1966. La vegetacion de Nueva Galicia.
Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
Stapf, O. 1914. The Mexican hawthorn (Crataegus pubescens, H.B.K.). Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914:293.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Mexican hawthorn	as Crataegus pubescens	1	Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 Note: = Crataegus pubescens
Spanish	manzanita tejocotera		2	Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
Spanish	tejocote		2	Phipps, J. B. 1997. Monograph of northern Mexican Crataegus (Rosaceae, subfam. Maloideae). Sida, Bot. Misc. 15:1-94. Note: lists as Crataegus mexicana Moç. & Sessé

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato	s.	Phipps, J. B. 1997. Monograph of northern Mexican Crataegus (Rosaceae, subfam. Maloideae). Sida, Bot. Misc. 15:1-94. Note: lists as Crataegus mexicana Moç. & Sessé
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		Phipps, J. B. 1997. Monograph of northern Mexican Crataegus (Rosaceae, subfam. Maloideae). Sida, Bot. Misc. 15:1-94. Note: lists as Crataegus mexicana Moç. & Sessé
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
2	Cultivated	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa			Núñez-Colín, C. A. et al. 2008. Variability of three regional sources of germplasm of tejocote (Crataegus species) from central and southern Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:1159-1165. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9316-z.
2	Cultivated	Northern America		Mexico			Núñez-Colín, C. A. et al. 2008. Variability of three regional sources of germplasm of tejocote (Crataegus species) from central and southern Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:1159-1165. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9316-z.
2	Cultivated	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona		Núñez-Colín, C. A. et al. 2008. Variability of three regional sources of germplasm of tejocote (Crataegus species) from central and southern Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:1159-1165. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9316-z.
2	Cultivated	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California		Núñez-Colín, C. A. et al. 2008. Variability of three regional sources of germplasm of tejocote (Crataegus species) from central and southern Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:1159-1165. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9316-z.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Núñez-Colín, C. A. et al. 2008. Variability of three regional sources of germplasm of tejocote (Crataegus species) from central and southern Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:1159-1165. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9316-z.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Núñez-Colín, C. A. et al. 2008. Variability of three regional sources of germplasm of tejocote (Crataegus species) from central and southern Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:1159-1165. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9316-z.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador			Núñez-Colín, C. A. et al. 2008. Variability of three regional sources of germplasm of tejocote (Crataegus species) from central and southern Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:1159-1165. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9316-z.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Western South America	Peru			Núñez-Colín, C. A. et al. 2008. Variability of three regional sources of germplasm of tejocote (Crataegus species) from central and southern Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:1159-1165. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9316-z.

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato (s.), Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala

Cultivated
Africa

SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa

Northern America

SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California]
REGION: Mexico

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador, Peru

Reference(s)

Núñez-Colín, C. A. et al. 2008. Variability of three regional sources of germplasm of tejocote (Crataegus species) from central and southern Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:1159-1165. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9316-z.
Phipps, J. B. 1997. Monograph of northern Mexican Crataegus (Rosaceae, subfam. Maloideae). Sida, Bot. Misc. 15:1-94. Note: lists as Crataegus mexicana Moç. & Sessé
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	Núñez-Colín, C. A. & D. I. Sánchez-Vidaña. 2011. Ethnobotanical, cultural and agricultural uses of tejocote (Crataegus species) in Mexico. Acta Hort. 918:901-910. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.918.118.
Human food	fruit	Phipps, J. B. 1997. Monograph of northern Mexican Crataegus (Rosaceae, subfam. Maloideae). Sida, Bot. Misc. 15:1-94. Note: lists as Crataegus mexicana Moç. & Sessé
Human food	fruit	Núñez-Colín, C. A. & D. I. Sánchez-Vidaña. 2011. Ethnobotanical, cultural and agricultural uses of tejocote (Crataegus species) in Mexico. Acta Hort. 918:901-910. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.918.118.
Medicines	folklore	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12119. Accessed 2 May 2026.