#872 most planted
Mespilus
Medlar
337
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
3
cities
2.4 in
median trunk (6 cm, 266 measured)
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Mespilus, commonly known as medlar, is a monotypic genus in the Rosaceae family. It contains the species Mespilus germanica, native to southwest Asia, the Balkans, Azerbaijan, and Caucasian Georgia. It is often grown for its unique fruit.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3340.03%—2.4 in
- 20.00%——
- 10.00%—0.9 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
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.
