Sanzashi

Sanzashi

Chinese: shan zha

English: crataegus fruit, Japanese hawthorn fruit

Pharmaceutical: Crataegi Fructus

Properties: Sour, sweet, slightly warm

Standard Species: Crataegus pinnatifida Bge, Crataegus pinntifid Bge. Var. major N.E. Br.

Crataegus – National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium (Photo by TH. Tanaka)

Crataegus – National Botanic Garden of Belgium , Meise, Belgium (Photo by TH. Tanaka)

Crataegus – National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium (Photo by TH. Tanaka)