Pyrus salicifolia

Willow- pear (Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula '), flowers and grazing like leaves

The Willow- pear (Pyrus salicifolia ) is a species of the genus pears (Pyrus ) in the subfamily of pome fruit crops ( Pyrinae ) within the rose family ( Rosaceae ).

Description

It is a small, deciduous tree that reaches the heights of growth up to ten meters. The shoots are covered with thorns. He has graufilzige, very short -stalked, grazing like leaves. The width of the sheets is up two inches, but is variable: Kuthatheladze described a variety angustifolia with only 0.3 to 0.5 centimeters broad leaves.

The fruits can be pear-shaped or spherical, they are hairy and measure 1.5 to two centimeters in diameter.

Similar species Pyrus Pyrus medvedevii and sachokiana.

Dissemination

The home of Weidenblättrigen bulb is mainly the southern Caucasus, in the northeast and its foreland, as well as the Trans- Caucasus, to the southeast nor Iran is reached, to the southwest nor Turkey. They inhabited altitudes from 300 to 1800 meters.

The locations are clearings in dry forests, on gravelly and rocky slopes.

Use

The Willow- pear is since 1780 in culture and is occasionally used as an ornamental wood. Often, the cultivar ' Pendula' is offered with hanging growth.

Within its range, it is used as a base for culture - pears, as they can withstand drought and cold well. The fruits are sometimes under the name " nanto " in the trade.

Documents

The information in this article come from mainly:

• Peter A. Schmidt: Trees and shrubs of Caucasia. In: Reports of the German Dendrological society. No. 91, Ulm, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8001-8326-9, page 36

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