Pyrus caucasica
Fed.
RosaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten fresh, made into jam, used for desserts and pies, and fermented.
How to Identify
A temperate tree in the Rosaceae family that is cultivated and sold in local markets.
Other Information
It is sold in local markets. It is cultivated.
Names & Synonyms
Apidea, Apive, Akhladia, Dikaia grusha, Karcin, Miroy, Panda, P'ant'a, Tandzeni, Yabani armut
Pyrus communis subsp. caucasica Browicx
References (10)
- Asanidze, Z., et al, 2011, Comparative morphometric study and relationships between the Caucasian species of wild pear (Pyrus spp.) and local cultivars in Georgia. Flora 206 (2011) 974-986
- Bussman, R. W., et al, 2016, A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine.
- Bussman, R. W. et al, 2017, Ethnobotany of Samtskhe-Javakheti, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol. 16(1) pp 7-24
- Bussman, R. W., et al, 2021, Unity in diversity—food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2021) 17:72 p 14
- INFOODSUpdatedFGU-list.xls
- Nanagulyan, S., et al, 2020, Wild plants and fungi sold in the markets of Yerevan (Armenia). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 16:26
- Pieroni, A., et al, 2020, Wild food plants traditionally gathered in central Armenia: archaic ingredients or future sustainable foods? Environment, Development and Sustainability. Springer p 10
- Polat, R., et al, 2015, Survey of wild food plants for human consumption in Elazig (Turkey). Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. Vol. 1(1): 69-75 (As Prunus communis subsp. caucasica)
- Postman, J. D., et al, 2012, Recent NPGS Coordinated Expeditions in the Trans-Caucasus Region to Collect Wild Relatives of Temperate Fruit and Nut Crops. In Acta Horticulturae Number 948 p 191-198 (As Prunus communis subsp. caucasica)
- Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 101
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