Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm.f.) Nakai [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
梨	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
梨叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
梨木灰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
梨木皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
梨枝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
梨树根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
梨皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
沙梨	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 56 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ficus pyrifolia Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 226 (1768).
Pyrus lindleyi Rehder Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 50: 230 (1915).
Pyrus sinensis Lindl. ex Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 6: 397 (1826), nom. illeg.
Morus cathayana var. japonica (Makino) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 39 (1917).
Morus rubra var. japonica Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 19: 134 (1905).
Pyrus arakiana Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 40 (1934).
Pyrus asakeensis Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6: 215 (1937).
Pyrus autumnalis (Siebold) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 383 (1929).
Pyrus autumnalis var. culta (Makino) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 384 (1929).
Pyrus autumnalis f. discolor (Nakai) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 384 (1929).
Pyrus autumnalis f. hiemalis (Siebold) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 384 (1929).
Pyrus autumnalis f. pallescens (Nakai) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 384 (1929).
Pyrus autumnalis f. sieboldii Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 384 (1929).
Pyrus babauttiagi Koidz. Fl. Austro-Higo.: 25 (1931).
Pyrus communis var. autumnalis Siebold Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 66 (1830).
Pyrus communis var. hiemalis Siebold Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 66 (1830).
Pyrus communis var. sinensis K.Koch Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 248 (1864).
Pyrus cuneata Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 125 (1919).
Pyrus higoensis Koidz. Fl. Austro-Higo.: 26 (1931).
Pyrus incubacea Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 124 (1919).
Pyrus kiushiana Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 88 (1924).
Pyrus kiusiana Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 88 (1924).
Pyrus kleinhofiana Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 384 (1929).
Pyrus lakuhokuensis Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 60 (1941).
Pyrus lasiogyna Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 125 (1919).
Pyrus lasiogyna var. lanuginosa Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 200 (1919).
Pyrus malus var. sinensis (K.Koch) Wenz. Linnaea 38: 34 (1873).
Pyrus montana Nakai Fl. Mt. Chirisan: 34 (1915), nom. illeg.
Pyrus montana var. rehderi Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 6: 53 (1916).
Pyrus nehiyamadonis Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 190 (1939).
Pyrus pseudocalleryana Uyeki Bull. Agric. Coll. Suwon 1: 15 (1925).
Pyrus pseudouipongensis Uyeki Bull. Agric. Coll. Suwon 1: 17 (1925).
Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta (Makino) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 564 (1926).
Pyrus pyrifolia f. discolor Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 565 (1926).
Pyrus pyrifolia f. hiemalis (Siebold) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 565 (1926).
Pyrus pyrifolia var. montana Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 565 (1926).
Pyrus pyrifolia f. pallescens Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 565 (1926).
Pyrus pyrifolia f. stapfiana (Rehder) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 96 (1939).
Pyrus pyrifolia var. talyschensis Gladkova Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 25: 100 (1988).
Pyrus saidaeana Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 60 (1941).
Pyrus serotina Rehder Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 50: 231 (1915).
Pyrus serotina var. culta (Makino) Rehder Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 50: 233 (1915).
Pyrus serotina var. stapfiana Rehder Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 50: 233 (1916).
Pyrus sinensis L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1470 (1901), nom. illeg.
Pyrus sinensis var. culta Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 69 (1908).
Pyrus sohayakiensis Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 87 (1924).
Pyrus tajimaensis Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 59 (1941).
Pyrus tambana Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 90 (1924).
Pyrus tobisimensis Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 48 (1936).
Pyrus togashiana Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 48 (1936).
Pyrus tsuchiyana Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 27 (1925).
Pyrus tungusiana Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 49 (1936).
Pyrus uipongensis Uyeki J. Chosen Agric. Soc. 16: 5 (1921).
Pyrus umemurana Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 17 (1925).
Pyrus uyematsuana Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 68 (1908).
Pyrus yohrohensis Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6: 214 (1937).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ficus pyrifolia Burm. f.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pyrus lindleyi Rehder	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pyrus pyrifolia	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm. F.) Nakai	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm. f.) Nakai	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm. fil.) Nak.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm.f.) Nakai	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pyrus sinensis Lindl.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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