Synonyms
Pyrus communis L.
Local Names
Armenia: 
(Tandzeni kovkasyan); Azerbaijan: qаz аrmudu; Georgia: 
– p’ant’a, 
– gots’o vitskh (Svanetian), 
– k’vet’ele skhuli (Megrelian), 
– k’vich’ich’i (Gurian), 
– k’vich’ich’I – mskhali (Gurian), 
– mt’k’ui mtskhuli (Chanetian), 
– p’ant’a-mskhali (Upper Rachian.), 
– p’ant’e skhuli (Megrelian), 
– t’k’ari skhuli (Megrelian), 
– ch’ik’u skhuli (Megrelian), 
– ch’irch’ma (Ingiloian), 
– ch’k’ut’a (Lechkhumian), 
– ch’k’ut’a-mskhali (Rachicn, Lower Imeretian), 
– jarji (Upper Imeretian) (Makashvili 1991); English: Caucasian pear.
Botany and Ecology
Tree, 20 m tall, with spines, especially when young. The twigs are smooth or slightly hairy when young. The leaves are ovate-elliptic to ovate-orbicular, 3–5 (7) × 1.5–4 cm, two times as long as wide, entire or crenate-serrulate, sparsely pubescent when young, becoming smooth, green, shiny above, drying blackish, base rounded or subcordate. Petioles up to 5 cm, usually as long as or longer than the blade. The...
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Batsatsashvili, K. et al. (2016). Pyrus caucasica Fed. Rosaceae. In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50009-6_63-1
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