• Family : Rosaceae
  (Rose Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
• Synonym(s) : Pyrus sativa DC.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pyrus communis L.
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Cultivated
• Comments / notes : Widely cultivated for its edible fruit
• Key identification features : Tree or shrub. Flowers white
• Flower, Fruit : June-August
• Distribution :
  • Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
  • Kashmir : Kashmir
• Native : Europe to N. Iraq
• Exotic/Native : Exotic
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press:121; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI: 251; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 99
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Pyrus communis. Downloaded on 25 March 2023.

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