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Pyrus communis
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Family:
ROSACEAE
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Citation: Pyrus communis L., SP. Pl. 479. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 374. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 446(316). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Saberjilli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Common pear, Saberjilli
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Description:
Deciduous tree with rounded crown; bark fissured; branchlets glabrescent. Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, to 15 x 10 cm, base truncate, margin fine-serrate, apex acuminate; petiole to 5.5 cm. Corymbs on short shoots with upto 10 flowers on slender pubescent pedicels to 5.5 cm. Flowers 3 cm wide. Calyx turbinate, 6 mm long; lobes ovate-acute, 6 x 4 mm, serrate on margins. Petals rounded, 1.4 cm wide, white, margins wavy, deciduous. Stamens c. 20, in 2 obscure whorls; filaments 7 mm; disk yellow. Ovary globose, 5-celled; ovules 2, basal; styles 5, each 8 mm. Drupe pyriform, to 7 cm wide; mesocarp very gritty.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-August
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated in the High Ranges
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Distribution:
Native of Central Asia and Europe, introduced elsewhere.
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
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