Chinese Red Hawthorn

Crataegus pinnatifida cultivar. Self-fertile, though cross-pollination and planting multiples help increase fruit production. Well-drained, moist, loamy soil in sunny or partially shaded location.

Chinese hawthorn fruits, traditional Shan Zha type. Used in various traditional Chinese culinary preparations - eaten fresh, dried, stewed, candied, made into tea, preserves, jellies, syrups.

Part of the Crataegus pinnatifida species complex native to China. Traditional Chinese medicinal and culinary fruit with centuries of cultivation throughout Chinese highlands and mountain regions.