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North Africa Trees
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Sorbus umbellata (Desf.) Fritsch

Crataegus umbellata Desf., Aria umbellata (Desf.) Sennikov & Kurtto

Eng.: Oriental whitebeam.   Spa.: Serbal oriental.   Fre.: Alisier d’Orient.

Tree up to 10 m in height, rarely a shrub. Branches glabrous, with smooth bark. Buds hairy. Leaves (3.8)5-7.1(10) cm, rounded to oval, with acute apex and cuneate base, margin twice serrate to slightly lobed, sparsely hairy on the upper side and white-tomentose on the underside, with 5-7 pairs of secondary veins not visible on the upper side; petiole (6)9-13(16.5) mm. Inflorescence corymbiform, hairy. Flowers about 12-14 mm in diameter. Sepals acute, spaced, persistent. Petals white, spaced, glabrous. Styles free. Fruit a subglobose pome, 7.6-10.4 × 5.2-8.4 mm, reddish.

Flowering:

May to June

 

Fruiting:

September to November.

Habitat:

Mountain slopes and forest margins.

Distribution:

North Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, Balkans, Caucasus and Middle East. In North Africa it is cited in Algeria (Batna, Jebel Touggourt) and Tunisia (Jebel Serdj).

Conservation status:

Rare but widely distributed species. Currently, it has not been assessed at a global level in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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