Mespilus germanica, commonly known as Medlar, is an archeophyte which has been extinct in the wild but can still be found in gardens for ornamental purposes. This deciduous shrub belongs to the Rosaceaea family (the Rose Family). It blooms with white flowers between May and June. The fruit, which is spherical, ranges from 12 to 15 millimeters in the wild and can reach 25 to 70 millimetres in cultivated forms. The Medlar has been cultivated in Europe and southwest Asia, and its fruit typically develops solitary, standing out much like the conspicuous flowers from which it originates.
