EPPO Global Database

Cydonia oblonga(CYDOB)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-10-07

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CYDOB
  • Preferred name: Cydonia oblonga
  • Authority: Miller

Notes

Native to Caucasus. Cultivated as a fruit tree, and planted throughout southern Europe and the Mediterranean for this purpose. Sometimes naturalized.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cydonia maliformis Miller
Cydonia vulgaris Persoon

Common names
Name Language
quince English
echte Quitte German
Quitte German
Quittenbaum German
cognassier French
coignier French
gamboa Spanish
gamboas Spanish
membrillero Spanish
membrillo Spanish
zamboa Spanish
zamboero Spanish
cotogno Italian
mela cotogna Italian
melocotogno Italian
kwee Dutch
kweeboom Dutch
gamboeiro Portuguese
marmeleiro Portuguese
kvitten Swedish
marumero Japanese
マルメロ Japanese
айва обыкновенная Russian
айва продолговатая Russian
ayva Turkish
pigwa pospolita Polish
birs  Hungarian
ftua Albanian
سفرجل Arabic
membrillero Aragonese
irasagarrondoa Basque
обикновена люля Bulgarian
codonyer Catalan
dunja  Croatian
kdouloň obecná Czech
marmaleiro Galician
membrilleiro Galician
κυδωνιά Greek
alămâioară Romanian
gutui Romanian
dula  Slovak
navadna kutina Slovene
айва довгаста Ukrainian