| Accepted name: |
Cydonia oblonga Miller |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Quince
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WCYDOB
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Some cultivars with a soft skin, matured in a warm climate can be eaten raw. Processing is manyfold, because of the intensive flavour mixed products are preferred: juices pure and mixed, liqueurs, wine, fruits in liqueur, jam, marmalade, jelly, and dried jelly as a special "quince-bread". Years ago the slimy seeds were a drug. In India and China different parts of the quince tree play a role in folk medicine(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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