• Family : Rosaceae
  (Rose Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
• Synonym(s) : Crataegus serotina Salisb.; Cydonia communis Loisel.; Cydonia cydonia (L.) Pers.; Cydonia europaea Savi; Cydonia lusitanica Mill.; Cydonia maliformis Mill.; Cydonia oblonga subsp. integerrima Lobachev; Cydonia oblonga var. integerrimosepala Lobachev; Cydonia oblonga var. obpyricarpa Lobachev; Cydonia oblonga var. orbiculatocomplanata Lobachev; Cydonia oblonga var. ovalicarpa Lobachev; Cydonia oblonga var. ovalis Lobachev; Cydonia oblonga var. plano-cyclocarpa Lobachev; Cydonia oblonga var. pomiformis Lobachev; Cydonia oblonga var. urceolata Lobachev; Cydonia silvestris Risso; Cydonia sumboshia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Pyrus cydonia L.; Pyrus lusitanica (Mill.) Steud.; Pyrus maliformis (Mill.) Steud.; Pyrus oblonga (Mill.) Steud.; Pyrus sumboshia Spreng.; Sorbus cydonia Crantz
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cydonia oblonga Mill.
• Common name : Quince
• Vernacular name : Bam tsunt (Kannada)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Damp rich soils in hedgerows and thickets
• Comments / notes : Best consumed after roasting, baking or as stew. Also used in jams, jellies or as pudding.
• Key identification features : Quince is a small plant or shrub with a height of 5–8 and 4–5 m wide. It is the sole member of genus Cydonia. Its fruit has bright yellow coloration, acquiring 7–12 cm length, and 6–9 cm width. Fruit has astringent taste, characteristic aroma, and large numbers of plano-convex seeds arranged in two vertical rows. The plant blossoms in spring having light pink flowers with diameter of 5 cm (Gholgholab, 1961). Leaves are elliptical in shape, 6–11 cm long and have white hairs on the surface
• Distribution :
  • Kashmir : Kashmir
• Native : Iran, Iraq, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Uzbekistan
• Exotic/Native : Exotic
• Literature : Photographs of Shakir Ahmad
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Cydonia oblonga. Downloaded on 6 June 2023.

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