Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rosaceae | Genus: Pyrus | Species: Pyrus pashia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don |
Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Pyrus kumaoni, Pyrus nepalensis | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Wild pear, Indian wild pear | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Wild Himalayan pea | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 2100 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit diameter ranges from 1 to 4 cm and the height ranges from 2 to 5 cm light green color but at maturity its color turns blackish brown with numerous yellow and white dots on its skin surface |
| Habitat | Occurs in upper or Himalayan chir pine forest | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | China, India, Pakistan, Vietnam Iran and Afghanistan | Bark Details | Bark that is rough and quite dark, almost black in some cases |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | A tall, thorny, open-headed tree, 9.7 metres, high, with dark brown to black bark which can be stripped off in big patches; wood, very hard; newly emerging shoots, pubescent and light green; one-year-old branches also pubescent; older branches, smooth; internodes, 2.5 cm long; the girth of a fully grown tree, 87.5 cm | Leaf Details | Leaves long-pointed, toothed, hairless and shining with an ovate to ovate-lanceolate shape the length of which ranges from 5 to 10 cm |
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