Common name
English: Checker tree, Wild service tree
German: Elsbeere
Portuguese: Mostajeiro
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2504)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2403)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2035)
Order: Rosales (89)
Family: Rosaceae (55) (family description)
Genus: Sorbus (3)
Epithet: torminalis (L.) Crantz (1)
Synonym: Sorbus orientalis Schönb.-Tem.
orientalis => eastern
torminalis => of colic (used medicinally to relieve colic)
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: tree
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Sorbus torminalis at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI
- [1857] Sorbus - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
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