Pyrus pashia

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Scientific Names

Read about Pyrus pashia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pyrus pashia, Buch.-Ham. (P. variolosa, Wall.). Tree, mostly spiny, when young with 3-lobed and doubly serrate lvs. like those of Crataegus, the young growths woolly: lvs. ovate or ovate - lanceolate, acuminate, crenulate or serrulate, becoming glabrous: fls. 1 in. diam., mostly in woolly corymbose short-peduncle clusters; calyx - lobes acute, deciduous; stamens about 30. Himalayas to W. China. Var. kumaoni, Stapf (P. kumaoni, Decne. P. Wilhelmii. Schneid.), in cult, at Kew, is a thornless tree attaining 50 ft., with buds and branchlets glabrous: lvs. narrow-ovate, 2-3 1/2in- long, glabrous, subcordate at base, long- acuminate at apex: calyx-lobes broad and rounded and the fls. in glabrous corymbs: fr. globose, 1 in. diam., the calyx early deciduous. Kashmir to Kumaon in W. Himalaya and to Yunnan. B.M. 8256. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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