Pyrus pseudopashia
T. Yu
Alexandre Joseph Désiré Bivort (1809-1872) (via Wikimedia Commons)
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten fresh, though consumption is occasional.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows between 500-3,000 m above sea level in southern China. It grows in Yunnan in China.
Asia, China, Tibet,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 5-10 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 6-8 cm long by 4-5 cm wide. There are 5-7 flowers in a group. The flowers are 9-12 mm across. The petals are white. The fruit are brown with pale dots. They are 1.5-2.5 cm across.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Pyrus pseudopashia is a species of wild pear in the family Rosaceae, native to south-central China. As a crop wild relative of pears, it is in urgent need of conservation. Unfortunately all its accessions in the USDA-ARS National Pyrus Collection appear to have been misidentified or mislabeled.
Other Information
The fruit are occasionally eaten.
References (2)
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
- Ju, Y., et al, 2013, Eating from the wild: diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethno medicine 9:28
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