Mespilus punctata

(Jacq.) Dum.Cours.

Dotted hawthorn

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are made into jelly.

It is a temperate plant.

North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

A temperate shrub in the Rosaceae family with small fruits suitable for preserving.

Names & Synonyms

Crataegus punctata Jacq.

References (1)

Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 535