#810 most planted
Mespilus germanica
Medlar · also Common medlar
Broadleaf
436
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
9
cities
1.8 in
median trunk (5 cm, 239 measured)
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Mespilus germanica, known as the medlar, is a large shrub or small tree in the rose family. Its fruit has been cultivated since Roman times and is usually available in winter, eaten when bletted. It can be consumed raw or cooked.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2170.02%—1.0 in
- 690.02%4.8 yr9.8 in
- 640.03%—2.5 in
- 250.01%—4.7 in
- 220.01%—4.0 in
- 170.00%9.8 yr3.9 in
- 120.02%2.8 yr—
- 70.01%4.2 yr8.8 in
- 30.00%—1.9 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.8 in, mean 2.8 in, 90th percentile 6.3 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Caucasus mixed forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Elburz Range forest steppe
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands
- Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands
Other Mespilus in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
