Common name
English: Common whitebeam, Whitebeam
German: Echte Mehlbeere
Portuguese: Mostajeiro-branco
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2616)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2519)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2128)
Order: Rosales (118)
Family: Rosaceae (56)(family description)
Genus: Aria (1)
Epithet: edulis M.Roem. (6)
Synonyms: Crataegus sorbifolia Desf., Sorbus oblonga Gand.
edulis => edible
oblonga => oblong, longer than wide, elliptic with blunt ends
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: tree
Flower colour: white