SimplePlant

Rosaceae

Quince

Cydonia oblonga Mill.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Cydonia

Pets and kids

  • CatsNot sure
  • DogsNot sure
  • KidsNot sure
Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Quince (Cydonia oblonga)
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (112)
ab
Абиа
aeb
سفرجل
Afrikaans
Kweper, Kweperboom
Albanian
Ftoi
Arabic
سفرجل, السفرجل, التفاحة الذهبية
Aragonese
Codonyer, Codonyera, Codonyero, Codoñer, Codoñera, Codoñero, Codunyera, Coduñera
arc
ܣܦܪܓܠܐ, ܐܣܦܪܓܠܐ, ܡܝܠܐ ܩܘܪܕܢܝܐ
Armenian
Սերկևիլենի
arz
سفرجل
Asturian
Marmellal, Marmiellu
azb
هئیوا
Azerbaijani
Adi heyva
Basque
Irasagarrondo, Irasagar, Irasagarra
Belarusian
Айва
Bosnian
Dunja
Breton
Aval-stoub
Bulgarian
Обикновена дюля, Дюля
Burmese
ချဉ်စော်ကားသီး
Cantonese
金蘋果
Catalan
Codonyer, Codony
ce
Хьайба
Central Kurdish
بەھێ
Chinese
榅桲, 榲桲, 木梨, 榀椁, 榀椁子, 榅桲皮, 榅桲属, 榲桲屬
Corsican
Mela cutona
crh
Ayva
Croatian
Dunja
Czech
Kdouloň obecná, Kdoule, Kdouloň
Danish
Kvæde
dsb
Pšawa kwitula, Kwitula
Dutch
Kweepeer, Kwee-appel, Kweeappel, Kweeperen, Quince
English
Quince, Quince tree
Esperanto
Cidonio
Estonian
Küdoonia
Finnish
Kvitteni
French
Cognassier
frr
Kwitenbuum
fur
Codognâr
gag
Ayva
Galician
Marmeleiro
Georgian
Კომში, Ბია
German
Quitte, Echte Quitte, Quitten
Greek
Κυδωνιά
gv
Quinsh
Hebrew
חבוש מוארך, אספרגל, חבוש
hsb
Prawy kwětlowc, Kwětlowc
Hungarian
Birs, Birsalma, Birskörte
hyw
Սերկեւիլ
Igbo
Quince
Indonesian
Quince
inh
Хьайба
io
Quingo
Irish
Cainche
Italian
Cotogna, Cotogno, Mela cotogna, Mele cotogne, Melo cotogno, Pera cotogna, Pero cotogno
Japanese
マルメロ, マルメロ属
Javanese
Quince
kab
Taktunya
Kazakh
Айва, Беже
Korean
마르멜루, 마르멜루속
ks
بمہٕ ژوٗنٛٹھ
Kurdish
Bihok
Kyrgyz
Бийалма
Latin
Cydonia
Latvian
Cidonija, Cidonijas, Parastā cidonija
lbe
Бигь
lez
Жум
Lithuanian
Paprastoji cidonija, Cidonija, Dūlinė kriaušė
Luxembourgish
Quiddebam, Quitt
lzh
榲桲
Macedonian
Дуња
Malay
Safarjal, سفرجل
Malayalam
സബർജിൽ, Quince, Safarjal
mnc
ᠸᡝᠮᠪᡠᡵᡳ
mwl
Marmeleiro, Marmelo
myv
Айвачувто
mzn
به, به دار
nah
Membrillocuahuitl
Norwegian Bokmål
Kvede
Norwegian Nynorsk
Kvede
Occitan
Codonhièr
os
Къомси, Биа
pcd
Counhiasse
Persian
به, بهی
Polish
Pigwa pospolita, Pigwa
Portuguese
Marmeleiro, Marmelo
Romanian
Gutui
rsk
Бишалма
Russian
Айва продолговатая, Айва, Айва обыкновенная, Цидония
sc
Melachidonza, Mela pirongia
scn
Cutugnu
Serbian
Дуња, Дуње
Serbian (Latin)
Dunja
shn
မၢၵ်ႇဝၢဝ်း
Sindhi
بھي
Slovak
Dula podlhovastá
Slovenian
Navadna kutina, Kutina
Spanish
Cydonia, Azamboero de Granada, Bembrillas, Bembrillero, Bembrillo, Codonato, Codonera, Codoñato
Swedish
Kvitten, Kvittenfrukt, Kvittensläktet
Tajik
Биҳӣ
Tatar
Айва
tdd
ᥛᥣᥐᥱ ᥝᥣᥝᥰ
Thai
ควินซ์
Turkish
Ayva
udm
Айватурын, Айва
Ukrainian
Айва
Uzbek
Behi
vec
Codogno
vep
Aiv, Cidonii
Vietnamese
Mộc qua Kavkaz
Walloon
Poerî d' cwin, Poere di cwin
Welsh
Coeden gwins, Coeden gwins coed cwins
wuu
木梨
xmf
Ბია

Synonyms

  • Crataegus serotina Salisb.
  • Cydonia communis Loisel.
  • Cydonia communis var. lusitanica (Mill.) Loisel.
  • Cydonia communis var. maliformis (Mill.) Loisel.
  • Cydonia communis var. oblonga (Mill.) Loisel.
  • Cydonia cydonia (L.) Pers.
  • Cydonia cydonia lus. pyramidalis (Dippel) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Cydonia cydonia subvar. lusitanica (Mill.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Cydonia cydonia var. lusitanica (Mill.) Pers.
  • Cydonia cydonia var. maliformis (Mill.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Cydonia cydonia var. oblonga (Mill.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Cydonia cydonia var. pyriformis (Hayne) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Cydonia europaea Savi
  • Cydonia lusitanica Mill.
  • Cydonia maliformis Mill.
  • Cydonia maliformis Beck
  • Cydonia media Poit. & Turpin
  • Cydonia minor Poit. & Turpin
  • Cydonia oblonga f. lusitanica (Mill.) Rehder
  • Cydonia oblonga f. marmorata (Dippel) C.K.Schneid.
  • Cydonia oblonga f. pyramidalis (Dippel) Rehder
  • Cydonia oblonga f. pyriformis (Thell.) Rehder
  • Cydonia oblonga subsp. integerrima Lobachev
  • Cydonia oblonga subsp. lusitanica (Mill.) D.Rivera
  • Cydonia oblonga subsp. maliformis (Mill.) Thell.
  • Cydonia oblonga subsp. pyriformis Thell.
  • Cydonia oblonga var. biserrulata Kakhadze
  • Cydonia oblonga var. integerrimosepala Lobachev
  • Cydonia oblonga var. integerrimosepala Kakhadze
  • Cydonia oblonga var. lusitanica (Mill.) C.K.Schneid.
  • Cydonia oblonga var. maliformis (Mill.) C.K.Schneid.
  • Cydonia oblonga var. obpyricarpa Lobachev
  • Cydonia oblonga var. obpyriformis Lobachev
  • Cydonia oblonga var. orbiculatocomplanata Lobachev
  • Cydonia oblonga var. ovalicarpa Lobachev
  • Cydonia oblonga var. ovalis Lobachev
  • Cydonia oblonga var. plano-cyclocarpa Lobachev
  • Cydonia oblonga var. pomiformis Lobachev
  • Cydonia oblonga var. pyramidalis (Dippel) C.K.Schneid.
  • Cydonia oblonga var. pyriformis (Thell.) Buia

and 60 more.

Flowers

In flower
March to May (from 304 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour
white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.