Quince
Cydonia oblonga
Synonyms: Cydonia cydonia subsp. lusitanica, Cydonia media, Cydonia vulgaris var. macrocarpa, Cydonia oblonga f. piriformis, Cydonia vulgaris var. marmorata, Cydonia oblonga f. pyramidalis, Cydonia oblonga var. rotundata, Sorbus cydonia, Cydonia communis lusitanica, Pyrus cydonia var. rotunda, Pyrus cydonia oblonga, Pyrus cydonia var. major, Cydonia vulgaris var. pyramidalis, Cydonia sylvestris var. lusitanica, Cydonia vulgaris var. anglica, Cydonia oblonga var. plano-cyclocarpa, Pyrus sumboshia, Cydonia vulgaris communis, Cydonia oblonga var. obpyriformis, Cydonia oblonga piriformis, Pyrus cydonia var. maliformis, Cydonia silvestris, Cydonia oblonga f. lusitanica, Pyrus cydonia var. dulcis, Cydonia sumboshia, Cydonia cydonia var. maliformis, Cydonia communis var. oblonga, Cydonia vulgaris macrocarpa, Cydonia oblonga var. pyramidalis, Crataegus serotina, Cydonia maliformis, Cydonia oblonga var. pyriformis, Pyrus cydonia var. sylvestris, Pyrus cydonia subsp. maliformis, Cydonia oblonga subsp. pyriformis, Cydonia cydonia var. pyriformis, Cydonia vulgaris var. algeriensis, Cydonia vulgaris silvestris, Cydonia vulgaris f. pyriformis, Cydonia oblonga var. typica, Cydonia oblonga var. biserrulata, Cydonia vulgaris var. brusvicensis, Cydonia communis, Pyrus cydonia var. lusitanica, Cydonia oblonga var. orbiculatocomplanata, Pyrus cydonia var. oblonga, Cydonia vulgaris var. lusitanica, Cydonia silvestris lustanica, Cydonia oblonga subsp. maliformis, Cydonia oblonga var. integerrimosepala, Cydonia oblonga var. lusitanica, Cydonia cydonia subvar. lusitanica, Cydonia communis oblonga, Cydonia oblonga subsp. integerrima, Cydonia communis var. maliformis, Cydonia silvestris microcarpa, Cydonia vulgaris oblonga, Cydonia oblonga f. pyriformis, Pyrus oblonga, Cydonia lusitanica, Pyrus cydonia var. minor, Pyrus-cydonia cydonia lusitanica, Cydonia sylvestris var. oblonga, Cydonia oblonga var. pomiformis, Cydonia vulgaris var. bourgeana, Cydonia vulgaris var. pyriformis, Cydonia minor, Cydonia vulgaris var. georgica, Cydonia oblonga f. marmorata, Pyrus cydonia subsp. lusitanica, Cydonia silvestris communis, Cydonia oblonga var. ovalicarpa, Cydonia cydonia var. piriformis, Cydonia oblonga var. maliformis, Cydonia oblonga var. piriformis, Cydonia cydonia var. oblonga, Cydonia cydonia var. lusitanica, Cydonia oblonga var. obpyricarpa, Cydonia silvestris maliformis, Cydonia vulgaris var. maliformis, Cydonia communis var. lusitanica, Cydonia vulgaris var. oblonga, Pyrus maliformis, Cydonia europaea, Cydonia oblonga var. serrulata, Cydonia communis maliformis, Pyrus cydonia, Pyrus cydonia subsp. oblonga, Pyrus-cydonia cydonia, Pyrus cydonia maliformis, Cydonia vulgaris pyriformis, Cydonia sylvestris var. maliformis, Cydonia vulgaris aurantia, Cydonia oblonga var. urceolata, Cydonia vulgaris var. constantinopolitana, Cydonia piriformis, Cydonia cydonia, Pyrus lusitanica, Cydonia oblonga var. ovalis, Cydonia oblonga subsp. lusitanica, Pyrus cydonia var. pyriformis
Western Herbalism Properties
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Botanical Description
Cydonia oblonga, the quince, is a small deciduous tree or large shrub of the Rosaceae family native to the Caucasus, northern Iran, and Anatolia. It typically grows four to eight metres tall with a crooked, twisting habit and a low, spreading crown. The young twigs are tomentose, becoming smooth and reddish-brown with age. The alternate leaves are simple, ovate to elliptic, six to eleven centimetres long, dull green above and densely felted with white hairs beneath. Solitary pale pink to white five-petalled flowers about five centimetres across open in late spring after the leaves expand. The fruit is a large, pear- or apple-shaped pome covered when young in dense grey down, ripening yellow and intensely aromatic but harshly astringent until cooked. The seeds contain abundant mucilage and traces of amygdalin.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
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