Common name
English: Quince
German: Echte Quitte
Mandarin: 榅桲 (wen po)
Portuguese: Marmeleiro
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2713)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)
Order: Rosales (123)
Family: Rosaceae (59)(family description)
Genus: Cydonia (1)
Epithet: oblonga Mill. (1)
Synonyms: Cydonia vulgaris Pers., Pyrus cydonia L.
cydonia => from Kydonia, now Chania, Crete, Greece
oblonga => oblong, longer than wide, elliptic with blunt ends
vulgaris => common, everyday
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: pink, white
External links
Check for Cydonia oblonga at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [522] Cydonia oblonga - Plants For A Future database