Infructescences; Geres, Terras de Bouro, Braga, Portugal; 10/2016 © Jörn Germer
Fruits; Braga, Portugal; 10/2016 © Jörn Germer
Fruit in cross section; Braga, Portugal; 10/2016 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Covide, Terras de Bouro, Braga, Portugal; 10/2016 © Hans-Ulrich Troestler
Habit; Geres, Terras de Bouro, Braga, Portugal; 10/2016 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Covide, Terras de Bouro, Braga, Portugal; 10/2016 © Hans-Ulrich Troestler
Identifier: 2532 Date of entry: 13.10.2016 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Plymouth pear
German: Herz-Birne
Portuguese: Espinheiro
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Rosales (124)
Family: Rosaceae (60)(family description)
Genus: Pyrus (4)
Epithet: cordata Desv. (3)
cordata => heart-shaped, as of leaves having the stalk at the notched end
Climate: temperate
Habit: tree
Flower colour: white
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