Cydonia oblonga, Miller

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 64-65

1. C. oblonga Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 1 (1768)

( C. vulgaris Pers. ).

Shrub or tree 1 ‘5-6 m. Shoots at first villous, later glab­

rous. Leaves 5-10 x 3-5-7-5 cm, ovate, entire. Flowers 4-4-5 cm in diameter; pedicels short, tomentose. Petals pink. Fruit 2-5- 3-5 cm (5-12 cm in cultivation), globose or pyriform, fragrant, yellow, tomentose. 2n = 34. Cultivated throughout a large part o f Europe; naturalized in hedges and thickets in S. Europe and more locally in C. Europe. [Al Au Bu Co Cz G a Ge G r He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Rs (K) Sa Si Tu.] (5. W. & C. Asia.)