Lifeform: Tree; Phanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Caucasus to Central Asia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Not native to the Osogovo region – introduced and cultivated for its fruit (quince).
Habitat: Commonly cultivated fruit tree. In the Osogovo region it can be found in cultivation and sporadically as a garden escape near settlements and orchards.
Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY. Fruiting: fruits ripen in fall.
Cydonia oblonga – habit. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – habit. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – habit of young tree. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – crown. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – crown. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – crown. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – branches with flowers. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – flower. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – flower. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – flower. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – flower. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – flower. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – flower. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – calyx and hypanthium. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – calyx and hypanthium. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – calyx and hypanthium. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – branches with leaaves. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – twig with leaves. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – leaves. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – leaves. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – stem of twig. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – stem of twig, leaf petiole and stipules. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – stem of twig, leaf petiole and stipules. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – branch. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – branches. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – crown branches. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – trunk. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – trunk. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cydonia oblonga – bark. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Rosaceae – key to genera. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1027-1035.
