Griffitharia thibetica (Cardot) Rushforth

 
  • Family : ROSACEAE
    (Rose Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Rosaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Aria thibetica (Cardot) H.Ohashi & Iketani; Pyrus thibetica Cardot; Sorbus thibetica (Cardot) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Micromeles thibetica (Cardot) Mezhenskyj
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Tree; Branches stout, glabrous; Bark dark brown, dotted with small grey lenticels; Leaves broadly ovate, 9-13cm long, 4-9cm wide, base subrounded or shortly attenuate, apex abruptly, shortly acuminate, margin coarsely, simply serrate, upper surface green, becomes glabrous with age, lower surface appressed greyish or ash-grey-tomentose, petiole short, stout, less than 1 cm long, sparsely tomentose; Inflorescence many-flowered corymb, surface sparsely tomentose; Calyx lobes persistent, reflexed, inner surface white-tomentose; Styles 2, free, glabrous; Fruit ovoid to somewhat turbinate, 8-10mm long, 5-7mm wide, apparently dark red at maturity, surface smooth, without lenticels, locules 2, each containing 1 or 2 ovules.
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Native : China
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : China (Yunnan)
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume I. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Griffitharia thibetica
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Griffitharia thibetica. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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