Pyrus cordata, Desv.
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1. P. cordata Desv. View in CoL , Obs. Pl. Env. Angers 152 (1818).
Shrub or small tree up to 8 m, with patent, usually spiny branches. Twigs purplish. Leaves 2-5-5-5 x 1-5-3-5 cm, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, crenate-dentate or serrulate, rounded to subcordate at base, acuminate to cuspidate at apex, pubescent when young; petiole 2-5 cm, slender. Corymbs and leaves densely tomentose when unfolding. Sepals 2-3 x 1-1-5 mm, triangular-subulate. Petals
6-8 x 5-7 mm, obovate-elliptical. Fruit 0-8-1-5 (-1-8) cm, globose or obovoid, shiny, red, densely covered with lenticels; pedicel 1-2—2-5(—3-5) cm, slender; calyx deciduous. Woods and hedges.
• Western margin o f Europe, from C. Portugal to S. W. England. Br Ga Hs Lu.
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Pyrus cordata
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
P. cordata
| Desv. 1818: 152 |