Pyracantha crenulata
StarPyracantha crenulata
Synonyms: Pyracantha chinensis, Photinia crenatoserrata, Mespilus crenulata, Photinia fortuneana, Pyracantha rogersiana, Pyracantha crenulata var. rogersiana, Pyracantha gibbsii var. yunnanensis, Pyracantha crenulata var. yunnanensis, Pyracantha fortuneana, Pyracantha gibbsii, Crataegus crenulata, Pyracantha crenulata var. kansuensis, Pyracantha rogersiana f. flava, Pyracantha rogersiana f. aurantiaca, Crataegus pyracantha, Pyracantha discolor, Pyracantha crenatoserrata, Osteomeles pyracantha, Mespilus loureiroi, Mespilus pyracantha, Cotoneaster crenulatus, Pyracantha yunnanensis, Pyracantha atalantioides, Pyracantha loureiroi, Crataegus pyracantha var. crenulata, Pyracantha crenulata var. emarginata, Sportella atalantioides, Pyracantha crenulata f. flava, Pyracantha crenulata flava, Cotoneaster fortunei, Cotoneaster pyracantha
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In the Himalayan region the firethorn is valued in folk and Ayurvedic practice: the dried, powdered fruit is taken (often with yoghurt) as an astringent remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea and as an appetiser, a fruit beverage is used for anxiety, insomnia and as a cardiac tonic, and the bark is used for excessive menstrual bleeding; the antioxidant-rich fruit is also given for general debility (Khare, 2007).
Botanical Description
Pyracantha crenulata, the Himalayan or Nepalese firethorn, is a thorny evergreen shrub or small tree of the rose family, typically 2 to 6 m tall, with rigid, spreading branches bearing sharp spines. The small, leathery leaves are narrowly oblong to lance-shaped with finely crenate (scalloped) margins, glossy dark green above. Clusters of small white five-petalled flowers are produced in spring, followed by dense bunches of bright orange to red, berry-like pomes that persist through winter and give the plant its name. It is native to the temperate Himalayas, from northern India and Nepal to southwestern China, growing on open hillsides, forest margins, scrub and along terraces and roadsides at middle elevations, where it is a familiar component of the hill flora.
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