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Hedlundia hybrida

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID64406a3b97c31860804008
Scientific name Hedlundia hybrida
Authority (L.) Sennikov & Kurtto
First published in Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 93: 37 (2017)

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Common products:
The fruit of Hedlundia hybrida is harvested locally for the preparation of jams, jellies and, in limited instances, a small‑scale liqueur. The small pomes are typically cooked with sugar; for alcoholic beverages the mash is fermented before distillation or blending.

Industrial and craft applications:
The wood of H. hybrida has been reported to be used locally for turnery, tool handles and other small wooden implements. Its moderate density and fine grain make it suitable for items that require a smooth finish.

Food and beverages (non‑medicinal):
Processing of the fruit follows standard fruit‑preserve methods: the cleaned pomes are boiled with sugar to achieve a high‑solids syrup, then cooled to form a gel. For alcoholic products the cooked fruit is mashed, yeast is added, and the mixture is fermented; the resulting low‑strength spirit may be aged or blended. The high pectin content of the fruit aids gel formation in preserves.

Colorants and tanning:
The bark of H. hybrida contains hydrolysable tannins that have historically been employed in leather‑tanning operations. The tannins can be extracted by water or alkaline solutions and used as a natural mordant for protein fibers.

Wood and fiber:
The wood of H. hybrida, with a typical density in the range of 0.60–0.70 g cm⁻³ and a close, fine grain, is valued for small‑scale turnery and for the manufacture of delicate wooden tools. No documented commercial use of bast fibers from this species has been found.

Properties relevant to use:
The fruit’s high pectin content facilitates gelation in jams and jellies. The bark’s hydrolysable tannins provide effective leather‑tanning capacity. The wood’s moderate density and fine grain allow easy machining to a smooth surface, making it suitable for precision craft work.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Hedlundia hybrida is listed as “Least Concern” by the IUCN, with stable wild populations across Scandinavia. Commercial cultivation is limited; most fruit is harvested from wild stands. Sustainable harvesting practices—such as selective picking and limiting annual off‑take—are recommended to maintain local populations.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Pyrus pinnatifida Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 2331, partim.
Sorbus fennica (Kalm) Kalm ex Fr. Summa Veg. Scand. : 42 (1845)
Crataegus hybrida L. Fauna Suec. : 557 (1761)
Aria hybrida Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 711 (1892)
Lazarolus pinnatifida Borkh. Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(3): 88 (1798)
Pyrus fennica (Kalm) Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. , ed. 3: 111 (1851)
Pyrus pinnatifida Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. [Ehrhart] 6: 93. 1791 [May-Jul 1791]
Sorbus meinichii Hedl. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , n.s., 35(1): 49 (1901)
Ariosorbus hybrida (L.) Mezhenskyj Netraditsini plodoy kul'turi : 28 (2012)
Sorbus semipinnata Hedl. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , n.f., 35(1): 55 (1901)
Azarolus pinnatifida Borkh. Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2: 1245 (1803)
Aria pinnatifida (Hook.) Lavallée Énum. Arbres : 101 (1877)
Sorbus auriculata Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 39 (1806)
Hahnia pinnatifida Medik. Gesch. Bot. : 82 (1793)
Crataegus fennica Kalm Fl. Fenn. : 6 (1765)
Pyrus hybrida (L.) Sm. Fl. Brit. 2: 534 (1800)
Pyrus auriculata (Pers.) DC. Prodr. 2: 636 (1825)
Pyrus semipinnata Roth Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 2: 438 (1827)
Pyrus fennica (Kalm) Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. , ed. 3: 111 (1851)
Sorbus auricula Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 371 (1893)
Crataegus aria var. fennica L. Fl. Suec. , ed. 2: 167 (1755)
Pyrus pinnatifidia Borkh. Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2: 1245 (1803)
Sorbus hybrida (L.) L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2. : 684 (1762)
Crataegus fennica unranked kalmii L. Fl. Suec. , ed. 2: 167 (1755)
Pyrus pinnatifida var. fastigiata Bean Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 41: 184 (1907)
Sorbus hybrida var. laciniata Lavallée Énum. Arbres : 101 (1877)
Sorbus hybrida var. pinnatifida Lavallée Énum. Arbres : 101 (1877)
Sorbus hybrida var. superaucuparia Zabel Handb. Laubholzben. : 196 (1903)
Sorbus semipinnata unranked eusemipinnata Kárpáti Index Hort. Bot. Univ. Hung. 4: 84 (1940)
Pyrus aria var. pinnatifida Hook. Brit. Fl. , ed. 4, 1: 197 (1838)
Pyrus scandica var. pinnatifida Duthie Rep. Bot. Exch. Club 1870: 11 (1871)
Sorbus hybrida f. fastigiata (Bean) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 263 (1920)
Sorbus aucuparia subsp. hybrida (L.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France : 103 (1894 )
Pyrus aria subsp. fennica (Kalm) Syme Engl. Bot. , ed. 3B, 3: 247 (1864)
Pyrus scandica var. fennica (Kalm) Duthie Rep. Bot. Exch. Club 1870: 11 (1871)
Sorbus pinnatifida Hartig Lehrb. Pflanzenk. 1: 509 (1840)
Sorbus aucuparia var. hybrida (L.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 38 (1806)

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Language Common/alternative name
English oakleaf mountain ash
English finnish whitebeam
English oakleaf mountain-ash
English swedish service tree
English swedish service-tree
Arabic غبيراء هجينة
Welsh cerddinen groesryw
Estonian soome pihlakas
Finnish suomenpihlaja
Icelandic gráreynir
koi Суомись пелідз
Norwegian Bokmål rognasal
Dutch finse meelbes
Polish jarząb pośredni
Russian Хедлундия гибридная
Russian Рябина гибридная
Swedish finnoxel

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  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Central European Russia
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Vermont
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Washington
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Utah

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001428017
Canadensys 8970
USDA Plants SOHY3
Tropicos 27805211
Flora of Italy 2190
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:741788-1
The Plant List rjp-594
Open Tree Of Life 3903493
Observations.org 128593
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000005397
Nature Serve 2.145987
IUCN Red List 79748661
IPNI 741788-1
iNaturalist 169147
GBIF 3012400
Freebase /m/03cq8lz
EPPO SOUHY
EOL 243314
Elurikkus 7320
USDA GRIN 35030
Wikipedia Sorbus_%C3%97_hybrida
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77164914-1
NCBI Taxonomy 1775740
IPNI 77164914-1
GBIF 9245228
Wikipedia Hedlundia_hybrida

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Scientific Literature Top

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Commodity risk assessment of Corylus avellana plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 12-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10784871
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8495
PMID:38222930
Chemotaxonomic Markers for the Leaf Buds of Common Finnish Trees and Shrubs: A Rapid UHPLC MS Fingerprinting Tool for Species Identification Manninen M, Karonen M, Salminen JP Molecules 11-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9611062
doi:10.3390/molecules27206810
PMID:36296401
Mobile forms of carbon in trees: metabolism and transport Dominguez PG, Niittylä T Tree Physiol 20-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8919412
doi:10.1093/treephys/tpab123
PMID:34542151
Gymnosporangium species on Malus: species delineation, diversity and host alternation Zhao P, Qi XH, Crous PW, Duan WJ, Cai L Persoonia 10-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC8375348
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2020.45.03
PMID:34456372
Does historical land use affect the regional distribution of fleshy-fruited woody plants? Arnell M, Cousins SA, Eriksson O PLoS One 05-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6894828
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225791
PMID:31805106
A polyphasic taxonomy of Daldinia (Xylariaceae) Stadler M, Læssøe T, Fournier J, Decock C, Schmieschek B, Tichy HV, Peršoh D Stud Mycol 15-Mar-2014
PMCID:PMC3953824
doi:10.3114/sim0016
PMID:24790283
Septoglomus altomontanum, a new arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus from mountainous and alpine areas in Andalucía (southern Spain) Palenzuela J, Azcón-Aguilar C, Barea JM, da Silva GA, Oehl F IMA Fungus 19-Nov-2013
PMCID:PMC3905942
doi:10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.02.09
PMID:24563836
Cytotype diversity in the Sorbus complex (Rosaceae) in Britain: sorting out the puzzle Pellicer J, Clermont S, Houston L, Rich TC, Fay MF Ann Bot 23-Aug-2012
PMCID:PMC3478048
doi:10.1093/aob/mcs185
PMID:22922587
Isolation of Phenylacetic Acid and Its p-Hydroxy Derivative as Auxin-like Substances from Undaria pinnatifida Hiroshi ABE, Masaaki UCHIYAMA, Rokuro SATO Oxford University Press (OUP) 13-Jul-2011
doi:10.1271/BBB1961.38.897
Tree Classification with Fused Mobile Laser Scanning and Hyperspectral Data Puttonen E, Jaakkola A, Litkey P, Hyyppä J Sensors (Basel) 11-May-2011
PMCID:PMC3231383
doi:10.3390/s110505158
PMID:22163894
A comprehensive picture of phloem loading strategies Rennie EA, Turgeon R Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 30-Jul-2009
PMCID:PMC2729037
doi:10.1073/pnas.0902279106
PMID:19666555
Isolation of two anti-inflammatory and one pro-inflammatory polyunsaturated fatty acids from the brown seaweed Undaria pinnatifida. Khan MN, Cho JY, Lee MC, Kang JY, Park NG, Fujii H, Hong YK J Agric Food Chem 22-Aug-2007
doi:10.1021/JF071791S
PMID:17665931
Norophthalmic acid and ophthalmic acid from the brown alga, Undaria pinnatifida Tadashi Ogawa, Yoshiko Oka, Kei Sasaoka Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(90)89055-E
New loliolide derivatives from the brown alga Undaria pinnatifida. Kimura J, Maki N J Nat Prod 01-Jan-2002
doi:10.1021/NP0103057
PMID:11809066
[Studies on the constituents of Undaria pinnatifida. I. Methanol soluble constituents]. Takemoto T, Takeshita Y Yakugaku Zasshi 01-Aug-1970
doi:10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.90.8_1057
PMID:5466163

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives
Phenylacetic Acid 999 Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)CC(=O)O 136.15 unknown https://doi.org/10.1271/BBB1961.38.897
> Benzenoids / Phenols / 1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoids
Hydroxyphenylacetic acid 127 Click to see 152.15 unknown https://doi.org/10.1271/BBB1961.38.897
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
5,8,11,14-Icosatetraenoic Acid 231 Click to see CCCCCC=CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCC(=O)O 304.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF071791S
Arachidonic Acid 444899 Click to see 304.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF071791S
Eicosa-5,8,11,14,17-pentaenoic acid 3209 Click to see CCC=CCC=CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCC(=O)O 302.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF071791S
Icosapent 446284 Click to see 302.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF071791S
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Lineolic acids and derivatives
6,9,12,15-Octadecatetraenoic acid 163841 Click to see CCC=CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCCC(=O)O 276.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF071791S
Stearidonic Acid 5312508 Click to see 276.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF071791S
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Retinoids
[(E,7R)-3,7-dimethyl-9-[(1S,6S)-2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl]non-2-enyl] acetate 162905171 Click to see 336.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP0103057
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
I2-Ionone 638014 Click to see 192.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP0103057
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(4R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,12aS,14aS,14bR)-4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14a-octamethyl-2,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-one 11870447 Click to see 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.90.8_1057
Friedelan-3-one 244297 Click to see 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.90.8_1057
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(3S,8S,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(E,2R)-5-propan-2-ylhept-5-en-2-yl]-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 162968281 Click to see 412.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.90.8_1057
(3S,8S,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-hydroxy-5-propan-2-ylhept-6-en-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 162867935 Click to see 428.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.90.8_1057
10,13-dimethyl-17-(5-propan-2-ylhept-5-en-2-yl)-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 86747 Click to see 412.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.90.8_1057
17-(5-hydroxy-5-propan-2-ylhept-6-en-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 14161393 Click to see CC(C)C(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)(C=C)O 428.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.90.8_1057
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Peptides / Oligopeptides
(2R)-2-amino-5-[[(2S)-1-(carboxymethylamino)-1-oxobutan-2-yl]amino]-5-oxopentanoic acid 25791484 Click to see 289.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)89055-E
(2S)-2-amino-5-[[(2R)-1-(carboxymethylamino)-1-oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-5-oxopentanoic acid 161173 Click to see 275.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)89055-E
2-Amino-5-[1-(carboxymethylcarbamoyl)propylamino]-5-oxo-pentanoic acid 9817431 Click to see 289.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)89055-E
5-({1-[(Carboxymethyl)imino]-1-hydroxypropan-2-yl}imino)-5-hydroxynorvaline 12313580 Click to see 275.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)89055-E
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzofurans
(2,3a-dihydroxy-4,4,7a-trimethyl-3-oxo-6,7-dihydro-5H-1-benzofuran-6-yl) acetate 73837163 Click to see 272.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP0103057
(3aR,6R,7aS)-3a,6-dihydroxy-4,4,7a-trimethyl-3,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzofuran-2-one 162983041 Click to see 214.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP0103057
(3aR,6S,7aS)-3a,6-dihydroxy-4,4,7a-trimethyl-3,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzofuran-2-one 10910889 Click to see 214.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP0103057
[(2R,3aS,6S,7aS)-2,3a-dihydroxy-4,4,7a-trimethyl-3-oxo-6,7-dihydro-5H-1-benzofuran-6-yl] acetate 11097675 Click to see 272.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP0103057
3a,6-Dihydroxy-4,4,7a-trimethyl-3,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzofuran-2-one 73837162 Click to see 214.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP0103057
6-Hydroxy-4,4,7a-trimethyl-5,6,7,7a-tetrahydro-1-benzofuran-2(4H)-one 14334 Click to see 196.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.90.8_1057
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP0103057
Isololiolide 11019783 Click to see CC1(CC(CC2(C1=CC(=O)O2)C)O)C 196.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP0103057
Loliolide 100332 Click to see CC1(CC(CC2(C1=CC(=O)O2)C)O)C 196.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.90.8_1057
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP0103057

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