Sorbus × intermedia

Swedish Whitebeam (Sorbus intermedia)

The Swedish Whitebeam (Sorbus intermedia), also: Swedish rowan or Oxelbeere, is a tree in the genus of haws (Sorbus ) of the rose family ( Rosaceae ).

Occurrence

The natural occurrence of the Swedish Whitebeam extends to southern Sweden, Denmark ( Bornholm ), southern Finland, the Baltic States, Poland and East Germany. Elsewhere, it is planted as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens, or used as a street tree.

Description

The tree reaches a height of up to 15 meters and forms a dense, monotonous crown. The bark is gray and smooth and usually has little cracks, the wood is tough and whitish. The up to 10 inches long, egg-shaped leaves are lobed to the middle, cut at the top. The top is shiny dark green, the underside gray - tomentose. In autumn the leaves turn red. The flowers have a diameter of up to 2 centimeters, and are staffed with five white petals in panicle inflorescences. The plant flowers from May to June. The Swedish Whitebeam wearing berry-like apple fruits that contain multiple cores. These are spherical to ovoid, up to 1 inch thick and from orange to red color. They are edible and of mealy - sweet taste.

Use

Especially meter rods, cones and conical balls are made ​​from the wood of Swedish Whitebeam.