Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Pyrus
14. Pyrus pashia Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 236. 1825.
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Trees to 12 m tall; with branches often armed. Branchlets purplish brown or dark brown when old; terete; lanate when young; glabrous when old; buds ovoid; apex obtuse; scales puberulous along margin. Stipules caducous; linear-lanceolate; 4–8 mm; membranous; adaxially pubescent; margin entire; apex acuminate; petiole 1.5–3 cm; initially pilose; soon glabrescent; leaf blade ovate or narrowly ovate; rarely elliptic; 4–7 x 2–5 cm; tomentose when young; glabrescent; base rounded; rarely broadly cuneate; margin obtusely serrate; apex acuminate or acute. Raceme umbel-like; 7–13-flowered; peduncle initially tomentose; glabrescent; bracts caducous; linear; 8–10 mm; membranous; both surfaces tomentose; margin entire; apex acuminate. Pedicel 2–3 cm; initially tomentose; glabrescent. Flowers 2–5 cm in diam. Hypanthium cupular; abaxially tomentose. Sepals triangular; 3–6 mm; both surfaces tomentose; margin entire; apex acute; acuminate; or obtuse. Petals white; obovate; 8–10 x 4–6 mm; base shortly clawed; apex rounded. Stamens 25–30; slightly shorter than petals. Ovary 3–5-loculed; with 2 ovules per locule; styles 3–5; nearly as long as stamens; glabrous. Pome brown; with pale dots; subglobose; 1–1.5 cm in diam.; sepals caducous; fruiting pedicel 2–3 cm; subglabrous. Fl. Mar–Apr; fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 34*.
Valleys; among shrubs; 600--3000 m. Guizhou; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan; India; Kashmir; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; W Pakistan; Sikkim; Thailand; Vietnam].