BULGARIA. Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) Berries, Whole, Certified Organic Common names: Aubepine, Biancospino, Hagthorn, Hawberry, Hedgethorn, Ladies’ Meat, Gazels, Maybush, Nigra, Pentagyna, Bansangali, Boumkheri, May Tree, May Blossom, Meidom, Quick, Whitethorn, Bread and Cheese Tree, Oxycanthus, Shan Zha Family: Rosaceae There are many Hawthorn species, growing in many parts of the world. Crataegus oxycantha, the name herbalists generally use for “common Hawthorn,” is currently rejected by botanists as ambiguous, and the favored name is now Crataegus monogyna. It is a thorny shrub or small tree native to Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia.