Cydonia oblonga Mill.
| Synonym : | Cydonia communis Loisel. Cydonia vulgaris Pers. Pyrus cydonia L. Sorbus cydonia Crantz |
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| Bangla Name : | Bhidhana |
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| Family : | Rosaceae |
| Disease : | Bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough. |
| Description : | Shrubs or small trees. Branchlets purplish red when young, purplish brown when old, leaf blade ovate to oblong, base rounded or subcordate, margin entire, apex acute or emarginate. Flowers : bracts caducous, ovate. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially densely tomentose. Sepals ovate or broadly lanceolate. Petals white or pinkish. Stamens less than 1/2 as long as petals. Styles nearly as long as stamens. Fruit fragrant, yellow, pear-shaped. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Oct. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Fruit skin flavonols, hyperin, quercetin and isoquercetin; terpemoid lactones. |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough. |
| Habit : | Shrub |