Common name: Nepalese Firethorn, Nepal firethorn, Himalayan Firethorn
Pyracantha crenulata (Roxb.) M.Roem. APNI* Synonyms: Mespilus crenulata D.Don APNI*
Crataegus crenulata Roxb. APNI*
Description: Spiny shrub or small tree, young twigs rusty-pubescent.
Leaves usually 3–6 cm long, mostly 6–10 mm wide, rarely to 15 mm, margins evenly and sharply toothed for most of their length; both surfaces glabrous; petiole 3–10 mm long.
Pome 4–5 mm diam., dark red to crimson.
Distribution and occurrence: Often cultivated, sometimes naturalized. Native of the Himalayas.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *NT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic.
Formerly placed in the family Malaceae (now part of Rosaceae), e.g. Flora of New South Wales Vol. 1 (1990).
Text by G.J. Harden & A.N. Rodd
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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