Crataegus songarica is an Asian species of hawthorn

Crataegus

Crataegus , commonly called hawthorn or thornapple, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe,...

 with black fruit that is sometimes used medicinally. It is closely related to Crataegus ambigua

Crataegus ambigua

Crataegus ambigua is a species of thorn native to Western Asia and Eastern Europe, including Armenia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey. It grows as a shrub or tree up to about 12 m in height...

,, a species that has red fruit.

Distribution and ecology

The native range of the species covers much of Central Asia and Xinjiang. It grows on limestone or granite, at altitudes of 800–2700 m.

Description

The plant is a tree or small shrub with thorns up to 15 mm in length. The white flowers have 18-20 stamens with purple anthers, and occur in groups of 10-20. The fruit is 6– 14 mm in diameter, slightly longer than wide, purplish-black with 1–3 stones

Pyrena

Pyrena or pyrene is the name for a nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe or drupelet....

(usually 2).