Sorbus cashmiriana Hedl.

 
  • Family : ROSACEAE
    (Rose Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Rosaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Pyrus cashmiriana (Hedl.) Cardot; Pyrus foliolosa var. cashmiriana (Hedl.) R.Parker; Pyrus fraxinus M.F.Fay & Christenh.; Sorbus cashmiriana f. typica Koehne
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sorbus cashmiriana Hedl.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Leaves pinnately compound, with 8-10 pairs of leaflets, rachis not winged, petiole and rachis, especially in the lower part, rather densely covered with greyish-brown felted hairs; Leaflets about 3cm long, approximately 3 times longer than broad, apex shortly pointed, margins sharply serrate, entire at base, lower surface rust-brown hairy along the midrib, near the base, otherwise glabrous; Stipules very narrow, long, almost thread-like, glabrous, soon deciduous; Inflorescence very loose corymbs, about 6cm broad, inflorescence axes almost glabrous, pedicel and flower axes glabrous; Flowers about 12 mm in diameter, sepals triangular, pointed, glabrous externally, felted internally, with few small marginal teeth, petals red, longer than stamens, styles usually 5, sometimes 3 or 4, apex of the ovary woolly-felted; Fruit globose, red, about 12mm diameter.
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : Afghanistan, India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, W. Himalaya
  • 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=Sorbus cashmiriana
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Sorbus cashmiriana. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
Creative Commons License
India Trees and Vegetation Types by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.